CALIFORNIA CITY – A 250-megawatt solar power plant proposed for a former agricultural site north of the city has run into obstacles in the state permitting process. The company’s plan to use fresh groundwater to cool the plant goes against state policy, so at a Tuesday public workshop representatives of the California Energy Commission outlined a series of alternatives that would not rely on fresh groundwater. However, the power plant operator argued that those alternatives are not feasible. For the full story click here