Field of solar dreams: Next-gen dishes could deliver bright future

Field of solar dreams: Next-gen dishes could deliver bright future (access required)

By Don Harris - don.harris@azcapitoltimes.com

Published: March 28, 2010 at 8:18 pm

A walking tour of the Maricopa Solar generating facility, billed as the "world's first commercial-scale SunCatcher plant," is like taking a step into the future. It's not as striking as the movie "Avatar," which is set at a time when Earth's resources have been depleted, but it provides a glimpse of what is being done to deal with the depletion of nonrenewable energy sources.

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