Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:December 10, 2003

*News and Events California to Host World’s Largest Photovoltaic System L.A. Utility Pursuing Power Production from Yard Waste New Water Pipeline Feeds World’s Largest Geothermal Facility California Marks the Success of its Renewable Energy Program Arizona Public Service Doubles Incentives for Solar Energy Toyota Boosts Prius Production for U.S. Market by 31 Percent*Site News Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS Information Center*Energy Connections New DOE Reports Highlight Climate Change Technologies———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- California to Host World’s Largest Photovoltaic SystemTrueSolar Solutions, LLC will build a 5-megawatt solar photovoltaic power system — the largest of its type in the world — in southern California’s Mojave Desert next year, according to Southern California Edison (SCE). The utility will buy all the power produced by the system under an agreement approved by the California Public Utility Commission on December 4th. TrueSolar Solutions will work with Global Solar Energy to begin construction of the system in early 2004. The solar power plant will be located on a 40-acre site near Barstow, about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles. [sorry this link is no longer available]As reported in this newsletter a year ago, the largest photovoltaic system in the world is currently a 3.3-megawatt system in […]

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