People in one California town are looking to the heavens for more than divine intervention. They are banking on the business of solar power to help turn things around in this tough economy.
Eight years ago the Cabrera's chased their American dream to Lancaster: They bought an affordable home and started a family.
But when the economy tanked... The Cabrera's watched houses all around them foreclose. Lancaster's foreclosure rate skyrocketed to one of LA county's highest... And already scarce jobs disappeared. Marcos Cabrera couldn't find construction work..
"No matter where I looked, there was nothing. We are in a challenging time right now. We are probably at a tipping point as to whether or not we are going to thrive economically or fail," says Cabrera.
Lancaster - near Edwards Air force Base - was once a booming aerospace town. And Mayor Rex Parris believes what it needs now is more innovative technology. His hope: a glistening solar power plant now going up and nearly complete.
"I think E-solar is not only going to save the world. It's going to save Lancaster first. We're going to be building thousands of megawatts in the Lancaster area - that's enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes with clean, renewable energy. In addition we'll be creating up to thousands of construction jobs."
Robert Rogan is with E-solar -- a two-year-old company that's already contracted to sell power to Southern California Edison... And is giving Marcos a full time job...
Marcos is helping construct the company's first solar plant...Heat will boil water...Produce steam...and ultimately generate power.
The company says it's energy will be cleaner and cheaper than burning fossil fuel. E-solar is hoping 24-thousand mirrors are just the start... read more
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