Project Name: Genesis Solar Power Project

NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-CA-D060-2009-0001-EIS

Project Information 

  • NEPA Number
    DOI-BLM-CA-D060-2009-0001-EIS
  • Project Name
    Genesis Solar Power Project
  • Project Type
    EIS
  • NEPA Status
    Completed - Completed
  • Lead Office
    Palm Springs and S Coast Field Office
  • Last Updated


What's New

Project Vitals
                                                                                                                                                                               

Genesis Solar LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of NextEraTM Energy Resources LLC, has constructed the Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County.  The project is a concentrated solar electric generating facility.

The project consists of two independent solar electric generating facilities with a nominal net electrical output of 125 megawatts (MW) each, for a total net electrical output of 250 MW.  Electrical power is produced using steam turbine generators fed from solar steam generators. The solar steam generators receive heated transfer fluid from solar thermal equipment comprised of arrays of parabolic mirrors that collect energy from the sun.

The project site is located approximately 25 miles west of the city of Blythe, California, on lands managed by the BLM.  The project is an undeveloped area of the Sonoran Desert. Surrounding features include the McCoy Mountains to the east, the Palen Mountains (including the Palen/McCoy Wilderness Area) to the north, and Ford Dry Lake, a dry lakebed, to the south.  Interstate-10 (I-10) is located to the south of the project site. The Chuckwalla Mountains and Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness Areas are also located farther south-southwest.
Bureau of Land Management
Palm Springs - South Coast Field Office
1201 Bird Center Drive
Palm Springs, California 92262
Phone: (760) 833-7100
Fax: (760) 833-7199
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., M-F

Draft EIS Publication

  • Actual Date
    4/19/2010


Final EIS Publication

  • Actual Date
    8/30/2010


Project Location
State/Territory County

Application Information

  • Case File Number
    CACA 48880
  • Program
    Renewable Energy
  • Sub-Program
    Solar Energy


Project Dates

  • Start Date
    8/29/2016
  • Decision Date
    11/3/2010


Notice of Intent Publication

  • NOI Publication Date
    11/23/2009


Record of Decision Publication

  • Actual Date
    11/3/2010


Project Office Information

  • Lead Office
    Palm Springs and S Coast Field Office
  • Offices
    Palm Springs and S Coast FO


Contacts

  • Contact 1 Name
    Elizabeth A Meyer-Shields
  • Contact 1 Email
    [email protected]
  • Contact 1 Phone
    (916) 978-4672