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Dried-up Owens Lake to get remedial solar array

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 10, 2009 at 6:50 am

owens-lakeFrom Clean Technica:

“In probably the first ever example of using solar for environmental remediation, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power wants to try using a small 50-MW photovoltaic plant at Owens Lake for dust control.

They want to see if it can help stabilize the swirling dust and toxic salts that remain on the dried-up lake, reducing the amount of scarce California water the LADWP must use to periodically flood the former lake. Owens Lake was drained dry to supply Los Angeles in the early 1900s, leaving behind a massive salt flat.

The initial project is small: a 616-acre solar farm that would use less than 1 percent of the 110-square-mile lakebed. … “

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December 10, 2009 · Filed Under Owens Valley & Mono Lake

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