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Southwest US could get 250MW solar power plant

A group of southwestern US utility companies are working on plans to potentially build a 250MW power plant that harnesses the power of the sun. The plant would probably be based on solar trough technology instead of photo-voltaics, and could produce enough electricity for 160,000 to 200,000 homes. Currently there is a small scale solar trough plant supplying power to 200 homes in Tucson, Arizona. The solar trough setup uses arrays of parabolic mirrors that can track the sun across the sky. The mirrors focus the sunlight on a tube at their focus ... Read more →

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