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Spain overtakes US with world's biggest solar power station

Rachel Fielding

14 July 2010 • 2 min read

New solar plant takes country's output to 432MW

Spain has just overtaken the US in the bid to create the world’s biggest solar power station after opening a new plant in the west of the country. The new La Florida plant means that Spain’s solar...

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