Aera Energy unveils plans to create California’s largest solar farm in Kern County

Aera Energy unveils plans to create California’s largest solar farm in Kern County

Aera Energy CEO Christina Sistrunk joins us to discuss Aera’s plans for a massive, 770-acre solar farm to produce steam to extract crude oil. The project will be built by Glasspoint Solar in the Beldridge oil field some 40 miles north of Bakersfield.

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