After months of uncertainty, California will be the site of the world’s largest solar power plant, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today as he gave final approval for the 1 gigawatt Blythe Solar Power Project to be built on public land in the Mojave Desert.

“This is the kind of project that makes believers out of skeptics,” Salazar said at a press conference this afternoon.

I wrote this article for OnEarth magazine.. You can read the rest of it here.

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I’m reporting for The Energy Collective this week from Solar Power International — with over 27,000 people attending, it’s the largest solar industry event in North America. This year, the solar show is at the LA Convention Center. I’ve been live-tweeting at @energycolletiv and my first article is up at TEC’s site: Solar Power as Rock Star: Milli Vanilli or Herbie Hancock?

Also at TEC: Solar Power Today - and Tomorrow.

Q: Is CPV the Future of Solar? A: It Depends on the Location.