The World's Largest Solar Power Project

The project consists of four 250 megawatts (MW), or a total capacity of 1,000 MW, equivalent to a nuclear power plant scheduled to start construction in Ninh Thuan by 2014, enough electricity for more than 300,000 households per year.

The above project will use parabolic pan technology, in which parabolic mirrors will be used to heat a transmission compound, generating steam to operate the generators (see below). .

Parabolic mirror system.
(Source: energy.ca.gov)

The California Energy Commission (CEC) on Sept. 15 voted in favor of the world's largest scale Blythe solar power project. The first two power plants are scheduled to start construction later this year. The Blythe project is being developed by Solar Millennium, LLC, a subsidiary of Solar Trust of America.

The Blythe project is the third solar project CEC has given the green light over the past few weeks. In August 2010, the commission approved the 250MW NextEra's Beacon project, the first major solar project to be approved in the United States within two decades. And last week, CEC also approved Abango's Mojave 250MW project.

With these projects, the United States represents a world leader in the field of renewable energy. This multi-billion dollar project will be the world's largest solar power project.

" I look forward to more solar projects being deployed, and such projects need attention, because solar and renewable energy are the future of California's economy ," said Thong. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger applauds the CEC's decision and stresses that.