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Project Vitals
Location: San Bernardino County, CA
Technology: Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough
Electricity production capacity: 250 megawatts
Company: Mojave Solar LLC (Victorville, California)
The project is expected to:
1. Generate enough electricity to power approximately 75,000 – 187,500 homes
2. Create up to 830 construction jobs and 60 permanent jobs
3. Have an estimated construction payroll of $272 million and spend an
estimated $121 million locally on construction materials and equipment
4. Secure approximately $1.2 billion through DOE's Recovery Act loan guarantee
program
5. Be located on 1,765 acres of private land, with 17 miles of fiber optic
lines crossing public lands.
The 250 megawatt Abengoa Mojave Solar Project will be located on private land
in San Bernardino County. Interconnection with the CAISO grid will require
upgrades to the transmission system that crosses public lands.
Bureau of Land Management
Barstow Field Office
2601 Barstow Road
Barstow, CA 92311
Phone: (760) 252-6000
Fax: (760) 252-6098
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-F