Guardian: With a population of 3,048, Yerington, Nevada, may not strike most people as very important: the town's foremost claim to fame is that several Japanese fire balloons landed there during the second world war. But that's about to change: Yerington is home to a vast new solar farm owned by Apple.
"The project will not only supply renewable energy for our data centre [in nearby Reno] but also provide clean energy to the local power grid, through a first-of-its-kind partnership with NV Energy. When...