[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, ENERGY: Solar project planned for Rice Army Air Field (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Solar plant wants abandoned WWII-era airfield near Blythe

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press Enterprise (CA)
August 14, 201

A 2.2-square-mile solar energy project sought for an abandoned World  
War II-era airfield in eastern Riverside County is moving forward  
without the environmental controversy faced by other projects.

And that's just what developers, the Santa Monica-based SolarReserve  
company, had hoped for when selecting land for the Rice Solar Energy  
Project that is just south of Highway 62 about 40 miles northwest of  
Blythe.

By choosing disturbed lands, the company has so far avoided protests  
from environmentalists who want to protect desert tortoises and other  
wildlife, said Tom Georgis, a senior vice president of development  
for SolarReserve.

...

It would be on 1,410 acres of privately owned land that still has the  
remnants of the Rice Army Air Field and Camp Rice that were used by  
Gen. George S. Patton during World War II to train troops in harsh  
desert conditions before they went to battle against Hitler's forces  
in the North African deserts.

...


For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/ 
PE_News_Local_D_solarairfield15.3c2519a.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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