Value chain · CLM-1231
In plain terms
In 2009 a California utility agreed to buy 200 MW from a space solar company by 2016. No held source records what became of it.
The claim as recorded
POWER magazine reported on 2009-07-01 that PG&E had asked the California Public Utilities Commission to approve a 200 MW baseload power purchase agreement with Solaren for space-based solar power from geosynchronous orbit, with the project "anticipated for completion by 2016".
Evidence behind this: T5, trade press reporting a utility's regulatory filing; the filing itself is not held.
Scope and limits
This source gives the 2009 plan only; the outcome of the agreement is not in any held source. Hold the CPUC record or a dated report of the outcome before the record says more.
What it assumes
No assumptions are recorded against this claim.
Where it comes from
text: PG&E asked the PUC to approve a "200-MW baseload power purchase agreement" with Solaren; "anticipated for completion by 2016"; collection "in a geosynchronous orbit".
Related records
- Answers question
- QST-027 not published in this release
Cite this
energyaperture.com/c/clm-1231
CLM-1231, Energy Aperture, as of 2009-07-01.