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Biggest Solar PV Farm in U.S. Goes Online in Nevada

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Biggest Solar PV Farm in U.S. Goes Online in Nevada

Photo: Sempra Energy 48 Megawatts of Goodness It’s 10x smaller than the planned 500 MW solar PV farm that Sempra is trying to build near Phoenix, Arizona, but the 48 MW Copper Mountain Solar facility, located in Boulder City, Nevada, has the benefit of not being just a plan anymore. Construction began in January 2010 at the 380-acre desert site and up to 350 workers installed nearly 775,000 thin-film PV solar panels. Now that it is finished, the Copper Mountain Solar farm is the l… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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US Southwest May Enter Into Permanent Drought-Like Conditions by Mid-Century

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on US Southwest May Enter Into Permanent Drought-Like Conditions by Mid-Century

photo: Kevin Dooley / Creative Commons If you closely follow the water issues that plague the US southwest, the precipitation predictions for the region, and have a notion of the development patterns there that headline may seem obvious. But if you haven’t this is the thumbnail sketch of the situation, with some help from The New Y… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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