The world’s largest solar power plant

California’s Mojave Desert is poised to house the world’s largest solar power plant. The Blythe Solar Power Project just won clearance from the California Energy Commission. With a capacity of 1,000 megawatts, the facility would churn out power equivalent

California’s Mojave Desert may soon house the world’s largest solar power plant, after The Blythe Solar project won clearance from the California Energy Commission. The plant would pump renewable energy right into southern California’s central artery, but some environmentalists are concnerned. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Matthew Nordan, Vice President of Venrock, a venture capital firm specializing in clean energy.