Largest US Solar Plant to be built East of Palm Springs

Solar power - green energy - renewable energy all hot topics in the world today. Now the Southern California Desert area will be at the core of the new technologies that many hope will drive an economic resurgence for the region and the nation.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Monday the final approval of Solar Millennium's 1,000-megawatt solar thermal plant that is scheduled to break ground by the end of the year.

About 8 miles west of Blythe, the project will generate enough electricity to power between 300,000 and 750,000 homes..read more about this story at the Desert Sun Online