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The 5 megawatt (MW) Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield, California is the first commercial solar thermal power plant to be built by Areva Solar. Completed in 2008, the Kimberlina renewable energy solar boiler uses Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology to generate superheated steam. Each solar boiler has a group of ...
In 2020, California had a total summer capacity of 78,055 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 193,075 GWh. [3] Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources. [4]
The intakes at the C.W. "Bill" Jones Pumping Plant in Tracy, Calif., deliver water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to the aqueducts of the federally managed Central Valley Project.
Kern Power Plant was a former power station located in Bakersfield, California, that was operational until 1986. During its implosion in August 2013, shrapnel injured five bystanders, including one man whose leg was severed. [1]
Edmonston Pumping Plant is a pumping station near the south end of the California Aqueduct, which is the principal feature of the California State Water Project. It lifts water 1,926 feet (600 m) to cross the Tehachapi Mountains where it splits into the west and east branches of the California Aqueduct serving Southern California.
The Bakersfield Department of Water Resources is a municipal utility in Bakersfield, California. Primarily it manages the city's water rights to the Kern River . Water is sent to water retailers that the city has contracts with, and recharge basins to seep into the groundwater table.
The Kern River Oil Field (purple) in south-central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. Kern River drilling rigs, 1923 Kern River Oil Field aerial, 2012. Kern River Oil Field in 1910. The Kern River Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California, north-northeast of Bakersfield in the lower ...
Out of the 15 fastest-growing cities in the U.S., 12 are located in the Sun Belt as of 2023. [5] Additionally, 86 percent of the top 50 zip codes that saw the largest increases in new residents since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were in Texas, Florida, and Arizona.