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To: John Carragher who wrote (140554)	9/26/2005 6:50:18 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794410

John .. I'm not following your math at all .. My prior post concerned a massive Dish/Stirling solar thermal power production facility to which SRE has agreed to a 20 year power purchase contract .. The completed project will be some 12,000 Dish/Stirling receivers each capable of servicing the power requirements for ~36 typical homes .. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Stirling Energy Systems on Wednesday said it will provide 300 megawatts of solar power to San Diego Gas & Electric Co., with options to provide up to 600 additional megawatts. Privately-held Stirling said an affiliate company will supply the solar energy to the utility unit of Sempra Energy (SRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) under a 20-year contract, subject to approval by the California Public Utilities Commission. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Stirling will generate the energy from a solar plant with 12,000 solar dishes in the Imperial Valley in Southern California. Stirling also has an agreement to supply solar power to Southern California Edison, a subsidiary of Edison International (EIX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) . One megawatt of solar energy can power about 800 homes. Additionally SRE had already announced a large investment in the necessary transmission infrastructure to move the power from Imperial Valley to the local San Diego market .. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 31, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today unveiled a proposal to build a new electric transmission line between San Diego and Imperial Counties that could import enough power for about 650,000 SDG&E customers in Southern California. The new transmission project, called the Sunrise Powerlink, will serve as a new energy superhighway to dramatically improve the reliability of the region's electric transmission grid. The line will also provide access to available and proposed electricity from environmentally friendly resources such as solar, geothermal and wind power for the region. Much of the electricity imported on the Sunrise Powerlink will come from clean, renewable energy sources such as solar, geothermal and wind power produced in the Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County. The transmission project will help SDG&E meet its renewable energy goals to have 20 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by 2010. ``By tapping into the developing renewable energy market in the Imperial Valley, we can improve our overall system reliability and the environment at the same time,' said Guiles. Triff ..