“A proposed Central Valley power plant will tap three potent sources of renewable energy at once - the sun, crop stubble and cow manure.
The plant, near the old oil-patch town of Coalinga in Fresno County, will combine a large solar farm with a generator that burns orchard trimmings, agricultural waste and, yes, excrement.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will announce Thursday that it will buy electricity from the plant, which will be built by Martifer Renewables, a U.S. subsidiary of a Portuguese company. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
The plant’s design will allow it to do something not typically associated with solar power. It will keep running, and generating power, at night. ”
Tags: biomass, solar energy