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The Blythe Solar Power Project (BSPP) is a planned 485 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in Riverside County, California. The project was originally planned to be 1000 MW CSP using parabolic troughs, but the design has been changed to photovoltaics, and the size reduced to 485 MW. Construction on the redesigned project is expect to begin in 2014.〔(World's Largest Solar Power Plant May Use First Solar &/Or Yingli Solar Modules... Or Not )〕〔California Energy Commission (Blythe Solar Power Project - Status )〕 The project was originally developed by Solar Trust of America. Also Chevron Energy Solutions planned to participate in the project.〔 〕〔 〕〔(Top 6 Utility-scale Fast-tracked Solar Projects ) ''Renewable Energy World'', September 1, 2010.〕 Solar Trust was formed as a majority-owned (70%) subsidiary of Solar Millennium. California will need from 15,000 to 20,000 MW of renewable energy to meet the 33% renewable electricity generation requirement by 2020.〔(Blythe Solar Power Project )〕〔(Gov. Brown signs law requiring 33% of energy be renewable by 2020 )〕 == History == Blythe Solar was to be a $6 billion parabolic trough solar thermal plant, comprising four 242 MW units, located on of Bureau of Land Management land, about west of the city of Blythe.〔Bureau of Land Management. (Map of Solar Energy Applications: Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office, Bureau of Land Management )〕 The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the project on September 15, 2010. The Bureau of Land Management cleared the project to go ahead on October 25, 2010. In April 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy offered a $2.1 billion conditional loan guarantee to Solar Trust, to reduce the interest on the $2.8 billion cost of building the first half of the project. The offer was rejected by Solar Trust. In August 2011, Solar Trust of America announced that the first half of the project would use photovoltaic panels instead of solar thermal power.〔 〕〔 〕 Solarhybrid is in talks with First Solar for supply of photovoltaic modules.〔 〕 In 2012, Solar Millennium tried to sell its stake in Solar Trust to other German solar energy developer, Solarhybrid;〔 〕 however, this deal collapsed after all three companies filed for bankruptcy protection.〔 〕 NextEra Energy Inc. was the top bidder for the project, according to an attorney representing creditors, acquiring the project in June 2012.〔 〕 In 2013, NextEra Energy submitted a proposal to reduce the project size to three 125 MW sections, and one 110 MW section, for a total of 485 MW.〔(NextEra Chops Blythe Solar Project Proposal Amid Switch to Solar PV )〕 Approval was granted in January 2014.〔(California approves $1.13 bln NextEra Blythe solar power plant ), Reuters, Jan 15, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blythe Solar Power Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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