Largest solar plant in the world opens in US as industry grows

Largest solar plant in the world opens in US as industry grows

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The plant, which is located in the Mojave Desert, straddling the California-Nevada border, can power 140,000 homes
Some of the 300,000 computer-controlled, garage-door-sized mirrors at the facility — owned in part by Google — reflect sunlight to boilers that sit on 459-foot towers. The sun heats water in the boilers’ tubes making steam, which drives turbines to create electricity.
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A solar plant in the Mojave Desert — the largest of its kind in the world — officially opened Thursday, and began providing energy to customers in California.  MORE>>

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