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The solar project is planned for farmland west of Fresno.
Farmers there have been leaving much of their land fallow, either because they don't have enough water to grow crops on it or because of problems with the soil.
Now they've struck a deal with a solar developer to harvest sunlight instead.
If it's built, the entire project would generate up to 20,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power millions of homes.
The project has cleared an environmental review, but the organization that manages California's electrical grid still has to approve construction of big power lines to carry all this electricity from the Central Valley to cities on the coast.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Charles in Fresno.
The solar project is planned for farmland west of Fresno.
Farmers there have been leaving much of their land fallow, either because they don't have enough water to grow crops on it or because of problems with the soil.
Now they've struck a deal with a solar developer to harvest sunlight instead.
If it's built, the entire project would generate up to 20,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power millions of homes.
The project has cleared an environmental review, but the organization that manages California's electrical grid still has to approve construction of big power lines to carry all this electricity from the Central Valley to cities on the coast.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Charles in Fresno.
The solar project is planned for farmland west of Fresno.
Farmers there have been leaving much of their land fallow, either because they don't have enough water to grow crops on it or because of problems with the soil.
Now they've struck a deal with a solar developer to harvest sunlight instead.
If it's built, the entire project would generate up to 20,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power millions of homes.
The project has cleared an environmental review, but the organization that manages California's electrical grid still has to approve construction of big power lines to carry all this electricity from the Central Valley to cities on the coast.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Charles in Fresno.
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