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Our Cities Could Become High-Density Solar Power Plants
Solar energy has a dark side. Those gargantuan plants that sprawl out like deconstructed disco balls sacrifice valuable open space and put wildlife — and possibly human lives — at risk. A new study by Stanford researchers says that focusing our solar energy efforts in already-developed urban areas could yield more power — by collecting…
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The World’s Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today
Take 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, each 2m high and 3m wide. Control them with computers to focus the sun’s light to the top of 140m towers, where water is turned into steam to power turbines. Bingo: you have the world’s biggest solar power plant, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System.