Quartzsite solar tower
wow. Just now reading about this. a 4 square mile area north of Quartzsite about 10 miles. Sounds pretty close to Plomosa road. I can't find much about the impacts to camping, but constructio...
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DJB66 wrote:Thanks for the post, Dave. That was informative.
I'm a Pipefitter/welder that is working in Blythe at a different design Thermal solar power plant.
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Having read the facts of how power is made in the US the solar project i'm on cost 1 Billion dollars to build ,makes 250 MW, the owner will never need to spend money to purchase fuel but will take 15 years to turn a profit. After that its money in the pocket from the sun, long term smart, short term dump and wall street needs profit NOW to come up with the money to build. So uncle Sam steps in to fund it, these solar units do work and the ones being built now are not experimental. I will also say this, the money from my pocket, from my pay check is a shot in the arm for the small town of Blythe.
