will power a yearly average of 100,000 homes with clean, renewable solar power , while protecting and conserving more than 12,000 acres of land in and around the Carrizo Plain in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Electricity from CVSR is being sold to PGE through 25 year power purchase agreements. "The private sector's role is to demonstrate successful performance that speeds commercialization of technology-on time and on budget-and that's what we're doing at CVSR and all of NRG Energy's major solar projects", said Tom Doyle, president of NRG Energy Solar and NRG Energy's West Region. "Equally important, through large scale deployment, the private sector is accelerating cost reductions through supply chain improvements, lower balance of system costs and progress through experience that can't be achieved at the lab bench or in the factory". Changes to South Australia's policy on wind farms announced today strike the right balance between making sure the community's concerns are heard and supporting this important industry, according to the Clean Energy Council . Clean Energy Council Policy Director Russell Marsh said South Australia had been a renewable energy pioneer, with the state's wind farms delivering just under a quarter of its power over the last year at a very low cost to consumers. "These latest amendments to the planning framework, announced today by Planning Minister John Rau , follow a year-long trial and are ultimately a good news story for jobs, investment and cleaner sources of energy in South