Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: November 11, 2009

400 MW Ivanpah Solar Project Draft EIS Released Report Charts Path for U.S. Offshore Wind Development Japan’s Tokai University Solar Car Wins Global Green Challenge ACEEE: California Leads US in Energy Efficiency Policies $30.6M for Fish-Friendly Hydropower Upgrades Oil, Fuel Prices on Their Way Up as Economy Recovers 400 MW Ivanpah Solar Project Draft Released The U.S. Department of the Interior and the California Energy Commission (CEC) completed a joint draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Project. The project, to be located on 4,000 acres of federal land in Southern California’s Ivanpah Valley, will draw on solar tower technology to generate 400 MW of electricity. Proposed by BrightSource Energy Inc., the Ivanpah project will be built in three phases, two 100 MW plants followed by a 200 MW plant. According to the CEC Web page for the project, each 100 MW plant will use three towers to deliver steam to a central plant, which will also have its own power tower. The 200 MW plant will have four power towers around a central plant. The project would be located on land managed by Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and will provide power […]

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