[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: Northrop Grumman opposes California solar project

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Northrop opposes solar energy project
Defense contractor says high desert facility might interfere with 
testing of stealth technology on aircraft. A delay could affect millions 
of dollars in potential federal stimulus funds.

By Marc Lifsher and Tiffany Hsu
Los Angeles Times
November 23, 2010


Approval for the first of what could be at least a dozen large solar 
energy projects planned for the high desert near the Los Angeles-Kern 
County line is under threat from an unlikely source: the military industry.

Northrop Grumman Corp. contends that a proposed 230-megawatt plant near 
Rosamond to be built by First Solar Inc. could impair operations at a 
sensitive installation for testing radar-evading stealth technology on 
aircraft.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other supporters fear that if Northrop 
succeeds in blocking the project, the state would be hobbled in its 
efforts to create tens of thousands of green-tech jobs and fight global 
warming by building renewable power plants in the sun-drenched desert of 
Southern California.

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For the entirea article, see
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-solar-radar-20101123,0,6090313,full.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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