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It looks like the possible impact on habitat for the Mojave fringe-toed lizard will loom large in CEC's decision to approve BrightSource's Palen solar project.
Concentrating Solar:
The Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System, proposed by BrightSource Energy for the Pahrump Valley in Inyo County, would destroy half the known occurrences of a rare plant in California, according to the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) -- and the California Energy Commission (CEC) isn't doing enough to make sure that loss of population won't result in the plant's extinction in the state, says the group.
Solar Thermal:
Building the 3,277-acre concentrating solar project "will cause irreparable adverse impacts" to cultural landscapes important to the Pahrump Paiute and nearby Native people.
Concentrating Solar:
BrightSource Energy, which had called its planned 500-megawatt Rio Mesa solar project a crucial step in developing reliable solar power generation, now says it's putting that project on hold.
Concentrating Solar:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the California Energy Commission needs to provide more data on potential risks to wildlife, especially migratory birds, from the proposed Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Station.
Concentrating Solar:
Residents of Boulevard are starting to feel like their community has been unfairly targeted by renewable energy development
Concentrating Solar:
The California Energy Commission's staff has assessed the proposed Hidden Hills solar project, and says it will cause irreparable harm to desert wildlife.
Concentrating Solar:
Riverside County has significant concerns over how BrightSource Energy's 500-megawatt solar thermal plant would affect the county's wildlife, historic sites, and public health and welfare.
Concentrating Solar:
Inyo County's Board of Supervisors is having second thoughts about a large solar project on the Nevada state line.
Concentrating Solar:
BrightSource Energy, developer of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System now under construction in the California desert, wants to change how it mitigates its project effects on the federally threatened desert tortoise
Concentrating Solar:
BrightSource leaves the door open for more venture capital investment.
Concentrating Solar:
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has set the date for a workshop at which members of the public can voice their views and concerns over BrightSource Energy's proposed Rio Mesa Solar Project near Blythe, California.
Concentrating Solar:
The state's Public Utilities Commission rules on five power sales contracts between SCE and the solar developer BrightSource, approving only two of them.
Concentrating Solar:
Concentrating solar companies are having trouble, but today BrightSource seems to buck the general trend.
Concentrating Solar:
California Energy Commission staff have released a first draft of their assessment of the Rio Mesa solar project.
Concentrating Solar:
A war of environmental documents is taking place between the developer of the Hidden HIlls solar project and California Energy Commission staff, with a Commission decision on the dispute due Monday.
Concentrating Solar:
The EPA clears a procedural roadblock for a gas-fired power plant in Palmdale that has some solar attached.
Concentrating Solar:
California's grid operator expands into southwestern Nevada to serve a planned 500-megawatt solar project.
Concentrating Solar:
The Center for Biological Diversity wants California to see whether two pending solar power tower projects hurt wildlife before approving more.
Concentrating Solar:
BrightSource relents and submits a plan to survey its Rio Mesa site for fossils.
News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
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