Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies
The West’s water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and Electric’s announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert.
The Genesis Solar Energy Project would consume an estimated 536 million gallons of water a year while the Mojave Solar Project would pump 705 million gallons annually for power plant cooling, according to applications filed with the California Energy Commission.
With 35 big solar farm projects undergoing licensing or planned for arid regions of California alone, water is emerging as a contentious issue. [read rest of article]
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