Imperial Valley Archives

First Solar Breaks Ground On 150 MW California Solar Farm

September 22nd, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan

First Solar has now officially begun work on the 150 megawatt (MW) AC Solar Gen 2 project in Imperial Valley, California.

100,000 California Homes to be Powered by New Geothermal

May 21st, 2012 | by Jake Richardson

One of two new 49.9-MW geothermal plants is already operating at full capacity in Imperial Valley, California near the

300 New MW of Clean, Renewable Energy for SDG&E

February 21st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan

San Diego Gas & Electric (SD&E), a subsidiary of the Fortune-500 company Sempra Energy, has recently confirmed two long-term

10 Reasons to Support Geothermal Energy

February 20th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan

Geothermal energy certainly doesn’t have the popularity of wind and solar power, but it is another great, cheap, renewable

Imperial Valley’s Unique Combination of Solar and Geothermal Resources Make it a Hotbed of Renewable Energy Activity, and Controversy

December 28th, 2011 | by Andrew

California's Imperial Valley is rich in solar and geothermal energy resources, but its drive to build itself into a clean, renewable energy hub is creating some controversy among the local community, which in large part has been built around agriculture. County commissioners on Tuesday approved LS Power's application to build the Centinela 275-MW solar photovoltaic energy array on private farmland, bringing the debate, and tensions, to the fore