NextEra Energy is moving forward with two large-scale solar projects east of the Coachella Valley, its 750-megawatt McCoy project and the 485-megawatt Blythe project, both near the city of Blythe.

In a surprising turnaround, Solar Millennium AG made the announcement ... Meanwhile, in terms of converting the Blythe site to photovoltaics, the construction work, which began back in June ...

The cause of death there is the intense radiation from the mirrors, called solar flux. NextEra’s pushback on the bird-monitoring requirements at Blythe is part of the company’s efforts to keep ...