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California opens world's largest solar power farm
2014-02-16 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Environmentalists in California face a difficult dilemma after it emerged that a brand new solar power plant could actually be scorching to death some birds that fly over it. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System spans 5 square miles (13 square kilometres) of the Mojave Desert near the border with Nevada, and opened on Thursday despite strong objections from wildlife activists. Although it has the potential to provide green energy to 140,000 homes, the Ivanpah project has also been criticised...
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