Temecula Solar Farm

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Time to investigate, more out of curiosity, than anything. In Temecula, California, at the north end of Diaz after it becomes a dirt road, on the left is a section of solar panels covering an area about the size of half of a football field (perhaps a little more). Construction is going on around the area putting in underground lines from the solar farm that has been erected in Temecula. The lines are headed in the direction of Murrieta.

Solar power provides a direct current, and it will need to be changed to alternating current, but boxes near the solar farm may be for that function.

I plan to check this out. I am curious if this is a privately owned project, or if it is being funded by Temecula, Murrieta, or both as a joint venture. With the recent happenings at the San Onofre nuclear power plant on the other side of the hills, and the plans for the Los Angeles grid to provide us with rolling blackouts when the local electricity is drained by millions of customers this summer, this may very well be an attempt to place the Temecula Valley on a path of electricity independence.

So many questions, and so many solar panels, but no clear answers.

Stay tuned. I plan to find out more.

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