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California to Build 'World's Largest' Solar Farm

Posted July 09, 2007 11:41 AM

From CNN.com - Technology:

A San Francisco company said Friday it plans to build the world's largest solar power farm near Fresno, California. The 80-megawatt farm is to occupy as much as 640 acres and upon completion in 2011 will be 17 times the size of the largest U.S. solar farm, said Cleantech America LLC, a privately held 2-year-old company. The farm will also be about seven times the size of the world's biggest plant and double the largest planned farm, both in Germany. Bill Barnes, CEO of Cleantech, said the scale of the Kings River Conservation District Community Choice Solar Farm will change renewable energy and make California the global leader for huge solar projects and replace Germany as the solar energy hub of the world.

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Munky
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07/11/2007 2:47 AM

I dunno, somehow, 640 acres of nothing but solar panels strikes me as a bleak picture. Does the land in question have no other possible use? I appreciate that it will supply "green" (wonder what kind of carbon footprint fabricating 640 acres of solar panels makes?) power for 20,000 homes, but still, maybe some kind of dual use could be found. How about growing mushrooms under the shade of the panels, or something else that requires shade, given that it is the byproduct of this process?

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07/11/2007 3:33 AM

How about a mushroom farm?

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07/12/2007 2:58 PM

8o megs -is that all we can get from 640 acres?
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