In California’s Central Valley, the Plan to Build More Solar Faces a Familiar Constraint: The Need for More Power Lines

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By By Emma Foehringer MerchantMar 26, 2023, 9:00 am743 ptsTrendingTop
The state could embrace “policy synergy” to deploy solar in areas transitioning out of agriculture, but the transmission lines must come first. By Emma Foehringer Merchant California’s San Joaquin Valley, a strip of land between the Diablo Range and the Sierra Nevada, accounts for a significant portion of…

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