BrightSource Energy of Oakland unveiled plans Friday to build a cluster of three solar power plants in the Southern California desert, a project capable of generating enough electricity for 300,000 homes.
The Rio Mesa project – near Blythe in Riverside County – would feature three fields of mirrors, each one surrounding a 750-foot-tall tower. The mirrors would focus sunlight on the towers, producing intense heat that would be used to boil water into steam, turn turbines and generate electricity.
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