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Huge solar plant lags in early production
2014-11-17 20:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The largest solar power plant of its type in the world -- once promoted as a turning point in green energy -- isn't producing as much energy as planned. One of the reasons is as basic as it gets: The sun isn't shining as much as expected. Sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal desert near the California-Nevada border, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System opened in February, with operators saying it would produce enough electricity to power a city of 140,000 homes. So...
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