By Chris Clarke | KCET-TV
Construction has launched on a solar project its developers are calling the world’s largest, on more than 3,200 acres straddling the Kern-Los Angeles county line west of the Antelope Valley town of Rosamond. Antelope Valley Solar I and II are being built for MidAmerican Solar, a Phoenix-based energy development company indirectly owned by financier Warren Buffett.
Antelope Valley Solar I and II are not to be confused with the nearby First Solar project Antelope Valley Solar Ranch, whose construction was halted by Los Angeles County officials recently after serious dust control violations at the site. Though locals probably dislike the First Solar project more, Antelope Valley Solar I and II have come in for their share of criticism as contributing to the overall industrialization of the formerly rural western section of the Antelope Valley. Despite having somewhat less habitat value than other places in the Mojave slated for energy development, the site was habitat for burrowing owls and a few other sensitive species of Mojave Desert wildlife.
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