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Countries Going Solar

Solar Panels Fuel Air Conditioner in Scottsdale Schools

Mountainside Middle School and Desert Mountain High School, both within the Scottsdale Unified School District, will share the world’s largest solar-powered air-conditioning unit starting this fall, officials said.
Imagine 500 feet of solar panels!  In the fall, this huge array of solar panels will provide the energy for a 500 ton air conditioning unit for a [...]

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France to Build World’s Largest Solar Plant

Scheduled to be opened in 2012, France is building the world’s largest solar plant on a 1,025 acre abandoned NATO site in Toul-Rosieres, near the eastern city of Metz.  It is reported that the site will produce enough power for a town of 62,000 people or 143 megawatts.
Imagine this!  The French plant will be over [...]

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University of Arizona and Solarmax Test Solar Panel Placement

The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has teamed up with an Arizona firm called Solarmax to test a new way to mount solar panels so they can be deployed over mine tailings and landfills.  Ordinarily landfills and abandoned mines are left as wasted earth space, often more of a hazard than any potential benefit.  The University [...]

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More on Stirling Power – Will It Solve the Energy Crisis?

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Sterling Dish 500 MW Solar Power Plant

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Portugal, Home of World’s Largest Solar Power Plant

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One of the World’s Largest Solar Power Plants

See how one of the world’s largest solar power plants works.  The video is shows how it works.

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Spain’s Solar Tower

Spain is leading the way in Solar Power.  Watch the video and see how one country is generating power and saving the earth.

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