The Beacon Solar Energy Project will be a step forward for California coming closer to the law that was set out for investor-owned utility companies to produce 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources, such as solar.

Although it is not promising that the 20 percent mark will not be reached by all utility companies, the California Energy Commission will soon vote on eight more large-scale solar thermal plants.

The Beacon project was first applied for in March of 2008 by NextEra Energy Resources and the lengthy processes are due to that fact that the many of these developers must win permits from the state and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

NextEra is building on private land so the process was shorter than most but they are still in need of a utility customer to buy the elecetricity produced from their solar thermal plant.

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