A large solar project planned in the nearby unincorporated communities of Daggett and Newberry Springs, east of Barstow, has been given the green light. Tuesday, December 10, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors denied an appeal filed by residents over the county planning commission’s approval of San Francisco-based Clearway Energy Group’s plans for a solar-generating facility on about 3,500 acres near the Barstow-Daggett airport. While supervisors’ decision upholds the project’s approval, they asked the developer to keep it farther away from nearby homes and to use technology to monitor dust and air quality. In September, planning commissioners unanimously approved the project which includes a 650-megawatt photovoltaic solar power generating facility with up to 450 megawatts of battery-storage capacity.
