Avenal, CA solar (1551)

South of the town of Avenal, and just across from the state prison at Avenal, a very large solar field. It was encouraging to come across this -- the area is politically conservative and thus one doesn't expect support for new technologies. Due to the relative flatness of the area and the problems with accessing land near prisons, it was difficult to get a picture of the field -- this is taken from next to a recreational field. Per Wikipedia it was commissioned in 2011 and was, at that time, California's largest photovoltaic system. The power is sold to PG&E (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenal_Solar_Facility)