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Solar power from the Mojave

The casinos and shopping center at the Nevada state line provide the background for the posts that will support the mirror structures, called heliostats, at the solar plant.

The casinos and shopping center at the Nevada state line provide the background for the posts that will support the mirror structures, called heliostats, at the solar plant.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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When completed, a massive solar power plant now under construction near the California-Nevada border will be the largest of its kind in the world. More than 170,000 garage-door-sized mirrors will spread across a broad valley. Every 10 seconds, computers will align the mirrors, each equipped with its own GPS device to track the sun across the desert sky, bouncing radiation to the tops of three 45-story towers. Water stored inside the towers will be heated to 1,000 degrees, creating steam power. See full story

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