Mojave desert solar update

The U.S. is backing this project by BrightSource Energy with $1.4 billion in federal loan guarantees. This is the same project as discussed in the earlier post about the Desert Tortoise.

The heliostat technology being used is made possible by sophisticated computer tracking of the sun by each of the thousands of mirrors used to concentrate the sun's energy.

In the article, Energy Secretary Steven Chu points out that one key to major expansion of solar and wind energy is large scale energy storage......such as most vehicles being electric powered with a major cumulative battery storage capacity.