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Abu Dhabi plans largest solar power
plant
plant
The Obama administration gave preliminary approval Monday for $1.4
billion in federal loan guarantees to help build what it says will be the
world's largest solar power complex -- in California's Mojave Desert
billion in federal loan guarantees to help build what it says will be the
world's largest solar power complex -- in California's Mojave Desert
U.S. backs loans to build world's largest
solar power complex
solar power complex
Telegraph..UK/LONDON -
Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's Mubadala
investment company, will join two European companies, Total
and Abengoa Solar, in spending $600m (£411m) on the plant in
the desert 75 miles from the city.
Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's Mubadala
investment company, will join two European companies, Total
and Abengoa Solar, in spending $600m (£411m) on the plant in
the desert 75 miles from the city.
With a capacity
when it comes
onstream in two
years' time of 100
megawatts,
"Shams 1" will
make only a small
dent in Abu
Dhabi's power
needs, estimated
at 20 gigawatts by
2020....MORE.
The Department of Energy
is offering to back the
loans of California-based
BrightSource Energy so it
can build three
solar-energy plants
capable of powering
140,000 homes. It says
the project could nearly
double the amount of
solar power generated in
the United States...MORE
is offering to back the
loans of California-based
BrightSource Energy so it
can build three
solar-energy plants
capable of powering
140,000 homes. It says
the project could nearly
double the amount of
solar power generated in
the United States...MORE
