US targets brownfield sites for solar makeover

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Projects in California and Ohio highlight growing use of disused urban sites for solar installations

The US is to explore the possibility of recycling its old brownfield sites as prime locations for new solar power generating facilities. Riverside and San Bernadino counties, which are located between...

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