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The 500-acre Pastoria Solar Project, which includes some 226,000 solar panels, is the largest renewable energy project contracted to date by the California Department of Water Resources.
John Yarbrough, deputy director of the California State Water Project, was thrilled to see this project in Kern County. “Projects like this (are) not easy to build in California sometimes,” he said, “but we’re really excited to see this group come together, getting a project like this implemented.”
Andrew Novotny, president and CEO of Calpine and senior executive vice president of Constellation Power Operations, speaks to an enthusiastic gathering Thursday at the Pastoria Solar Project south of Bakersfield.
The Pastoria Energy Facility about a mile from the Pastoria Solar Project and the Pastoria Power Bank is a 750-megwatt, natural gas-fired combined-cycle power-generating facility — the third component of the “trifecta.”
The Pastoria Solar Project at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains south of Bakersfield is an 80-megawatt battery energy storage system, which is expected to come online in the summer.
The Pastoria Solar Project, a 500-acre solar field leased from Tejon Ranch Co., is made up of 226,000 solar panels that automatically track with the sun throughout the day.
The Pastoria Solar Project includes a great view of the Tehachapi Mountains.
The 500-acre Pastoria Solar Project, which includes some 226,000 solar panels, is the largest renewable energy project contracted to date by the California Department of Water Resources.
John Yarbrough, deputy director of the California State Water Project, was thrilled to see this project in Kern County. “Projects like this (are) not easy to build in California sometimes,” he said, “but we’re really excited to see this group come together, getting a project like this implemented.”
Andrew Novotny, president and CEO of Calpine and senior executive vice president of Constellation Power Operations, speaks to an enthusiastic gathering Thursday at the Pastoria Solar Project south of Bakersfield.
The Pastoria Energy Facility about a mile from the Pastoria Solar Project and the Pastoria Power Bank is a 750-megwatt, natural gas-fired combined-cycle power-generating facility — the third component of the “trifecta.”
The Pastoria Solar Project at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains south of Bakersfield is an 80-megawatt battery energy storage system, which is expected to come online in the summer.
The Pastoria Solar Project, a 500-acre solar field leased from Tejon Ranch Co., is made up of 226,000 solar panels that automatically track with the sun throughout the day.
The Pastoria Solar Project includes a great view of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Hundreds of energy industry leaders, officials from the California Department of Water Resources, elected officials and labor leaders gathered Thursday at the foot of the Tehachapi Mountains south of Bakersfield to mark the completion of the largest renewable energy project ever contracted by the DWR.
And it’s right here in Kern County.
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