February 22nd, 2008
Arizona to become ‘Persian Gulf’ of solar energy
I don’t know if there’s any political dig at Arizona for this name, but I wouldn’t doubt it.
Arizona to become ‘Persian Gulf’ of solar energy - CNN.com
A Spanish company is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world.
Abengoa Solar will build a plant like this one they built in Spain in Arizona to supply 70,000 homes with power.
Abengoa Solar, which has plants in Spain, northern Africa and other parts of the U.S., could begin construction as early as next year on the 280-megawatt plant in Gila Bend — a small, dusty town 50 miles southeast of Phoenix.
