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L.A. takes a shine to another Owens Valley product: sun

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 2, 2010 at 7:32 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

“Reporting from Lone Pine – First it was silver ore that streamed to Los Angeles from the rim of the Owens Valley, then the water from the valley floor.

Now, L.A. has come back for the sunshine.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the agency responsible for turning Owens Lake into a dusty salt flat and snatching up nearly every acre from Lone Pine to Bishop, has its sights on transforming the Owens Valley into one of largest sources of solar power in America.

Interim DWP Chief S. David Freeman says the valley on the dry side of the Sierra Nevada is blessed with the “best sun in the country.” He envisions a gigantic solar array that could cover 80 square miles of dry lake bed and nearby flatlands, a sea of photovoltaic cells roughly the size of Cleveland that would generate up to 10% of all the power produced in California while simultaneously calming the region’s fierce dust storms. … “

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February 2, 2010 · Filed Under Owens Valley & Mono Lake

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