The staff of the California Energy Commission today released the first part of its supplemental staff assessment (SSA) for the proposed Abengoa Solar Mojave Project. The SSA serves as the Energy Commission staff's final environmental and engineering evaluation of the proposed 250-megawatt facility in San Bernardino County. The document is not a decision or proposed decision on the planned facility. It contains the staff's testimony at the evidentiary hearings on the project to be scheduled by the hearing officer and the committee of two commissioners reviewing the proposed project. The SSA was released after public hearings and the end of the comment period for the staff assessment (SA) released on March 15, 2010. The workshops provided an opportunity for various government agencies, the public and other interested parties to present questions and comments on the SA. Based on the workshop dialogue, written comments received regarding the document, and additional information gathered, the Energy Commission staff revised the SA where appropriate for the SSA.
The official review has started for what is believed to be the first solar thermal-biomass hybrid electric generating facility in the state. The California Energy Commission, by a vote of 4-0 today found the application for certification of the 106.8-megawatt San Joaquin Solar 1&2 hybrid power plant project "data adequate." This means the Commission has received enough information from the applicant for the two plants, a wholly owned subsidiary of Martifer --a Portugal-based renewable electricity producer -- to start the yearlong certification process.
The Commission has named Commissioner Julia Levin to lead the Committee to review the project. Commission Vice Chairman James D. Boyd is the associate member. The committee makes sure the project meets the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. The Energy Commission is responsible for reviewing thermal electric power plants, 50 MW and greater in California.
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