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Arizona makes use of its sun

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A small dusty town near Phoenix will be home to one of the world's largest solar power plants.
A Spanish company called Abengoa Solar plans to start construction on the project as early as next year. The 280-megawatt plant will go up in Gila Bend, Arizona. It could be producing solar energy by 2011. Arizona Public Service would pay the Spanish firm $4 billion over 30 years for the energy produced -- enough to supply about 70,000 homes.



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