Navy Breaks Ground For Solar Energy

The Navy has broken ground on what will become its biggest energy project. A new solar array is under construction at the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in California. It will cover 118 acres of Mojave Desert, and it will produce nearly 14 megawatts of electricity. Only the Air Force's array in Nevada is bigger. Sun Power of San Jose will build the Navy's array at its own cost, while the Navy agrees to buy the power for 20 years.