Update on California Solar Power

Solar Thermal

There are 4243 megaWatts approved, and 1500 megaWatts under review.  1164 megaWatts are installed, and an average cost of $7.08 per Watt, for projects greater than 10 kiloWatt.

Solar Photovoltaic and the California Solar Initiative

As of 4/4/12, there are 1858 megaWatts in some form of completion.  They are broken down by utility as PG&E 800 megaWatts, SC Edison 886 megaWatts, and CCSE (California Center for Sustainable Energy) 172 megaWatts.

Adding both categories gives 7600 megaWatts of solar power.

About Dennis SILVERMAN

I am a retired Professor of Physics and Astronomy at U C Irvine. For two decades I have been active in learning about energy and the environment, and in reporting on those topics for a decade. For the last four years I have added science policy. Lately, I have been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic of our times.
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