World’s Largest Solar Power Plant Coming to Arizona in 2011



"The lucky sunny state of Arizona is about to become home to the world’s largest Solar Plant! Thanks to a just-announced contract between Abengoa Solar and Arizona Public Service Company (APS), the enormous solar plant called Solana will power up to 70,000 homes, and will be the first example in the country of a major utility getting the majority of its energy from solar. The 1900 acre plant will be completed by 2011 – IF AND ONLY IF Congress renews the clean energy tax credit that’s set to expire at the end of 2008..."

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Labels: Arizona, Green, solar power, sustainability, technology

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If this technology is developed into a practical energy "source" it would amazing!

For most people, the word farm conjures up images of dairy cows out to pasture, or amber waves of grain. But for two Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate students, the term could apply just as well to the herds of people trudging through South Station or flooding the gates at Fenway Park.

The force of those feet striking the floor generates energy that - theoretically, at least - could be harvested and converted into electricity. What is a farm, after all, but a place to collect the resources people need - milk, wheat or even power...

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Labels: architecture, energy, sustainability

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