21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture - CleanTechnica

21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture - CleanTechnica

There’s a water district in San Joaquin Valley in California where there’s empty land that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture.” The Westlands Water District board of directors have decided on a plan for this land. They are going to have solar power plants built there — perhaps 21 gigawatts ... [continued] The post 21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture appeared first on CleanTechnica.

21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture

There's a water district in San Joaquin Valley in California where there's empty land that "can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture." The Westlands Water District board of directors have decided on a plan for this land. They are going to have solar power plants built there - perhaps 21 gigawatts ... [continued] The post 21 Gigawatts of Solar for California Land That Can No Longer Be Used for Agriculture appeared first on CleanTechnica.

California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on land fallowed due to water shortages

A water district serving the western San Joaquin Valley has established a long-term blueprint for developing solar, storage and transmission on lands that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture."The board of California’s Westlands Water District has adopted a clean infrastructure plan that it projects could result in 21 GW of solar power at full buildout. The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan is a “major land-repurposing initiative” in resp…