California to Get Two Solar Plants on U.S. Public Land

The world nowadays is looking for alternative energy sources to compensate the future oil shortfall. Oil peak is a theory predicting that oil will reach a point of maximum production, consecutively oil production will head for a steep downturn as the world's oil reserves are going to be consumed. Ventures nowadays are looking for several alternatives of oil including green energy sources with a minimal impact on the surrounding environment. If proved efficient, energy sources such as thermal, geothermal and solar will replace the dependance on oil as a main source of energy.

Chevron one of the leading oil corporations in association with the Irish green energy developer NTR PLC. proposed the construction of two solar power facilities in california on public land. Recently the U.S provided approval for this huge leap in the energy industry. Both facilities are the first to be approved by the U.S on public land. It is expected that both facilities will eventually double the solar power generation in the United states. Going deep, both facilities are solar and will apply the use of large curved mirror dishes which absorb energy and transmit it into a converter which transforms solar energy into electrical energy.

Both projects will be environmental friendly. In addition, the solar facilities will bring 1 billion dollars into the economy in California and will proved 950 jobs. Governor Arnold Schawarzenegger in a brief discussion said that both solar facilities will provide electricity for more than 500,000 homes. The federal reserve bank is providing energy companies financial grants for constructing alternative energy sources. This venture by the FRB will expire in one year. All of this aims to comply with the 2006 California climate law to cut down green house emissions.