Just a few weeks ago the world’s largest solar thermal power plant switched online in Nevada, and now the largest solar plant in Latin America is underway just south of the border. Aura Solar I — a 30-megawatt solar farm– is currently under construction in La Paz, Mexico, and it will be the country’s first utility-scale photovoltaic project. The plant will be capable of fulfilling the energy needs of 164,000 people (64 percent of La Paz’s population), but that’s not even the best part – it will also replace a dirty thermoelectric plant that’s been poisoning residents with air pollution for years. Read the rest of Latin America’s Biggest Solar Farm Will Replace a Dirty Fossil Fuel Plant in Mexico Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alternative energy in Mexico , Aura Solar I , biggest solar farm in Latin America , commercial-grade solar , Mexico solar power , solar energy Latin America , solar power plant
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Latin America’s Biggest Solar Farm Will Replace a Dirty Fossil Fuel Plant in Mexico