The Genesis Solar Energy Project is located about 25 miles (40 km) west of Blythe, in the Lower Colorado River Valley.

[4] The plant was built in the Colorado Desert along an ancient trade route that native people had traveled for thousands of years.

[7] This was one of three of the world's largest solar plants, that began supplying power in 2013 and 2014, located in the deserts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

[8] The Project power block and solar arrays occupy about 1,360 acres (550 ha) of the site.

The rest are the evaporation ponds, access road, administration buildings and some fenced open area.