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In the sun-scorched expanses near Tonopah, Nevada, a vast field of 10,000 mirrors gleams like a futuristic mirage. This isn''t some sci-fi set piece; it''s the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a 110
11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant
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$2.2 billion solar plant in California scheduled to be turned off after
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12,000 mirrors blaze in China''s desert — No solar
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