The power project is the fifth commercial solar energy project permitted on federal public land in the US.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which approves the use of federal public lands, issued its approval for the Calico solar project in October.
The project is being developed by Calico Solar, a subsidiary of Tessera Solar, on approximately 4,613 acres of land.
The project site in the Mojave Desert is near Interstate 40 approximately 37 miles east of Barstow and 17 miles east of Newberry Springs.
Since August, the commission has licensed 3,492.5MW of renewable solar power projects in the California desert.
