World's largest solar project latest to bag US loan guarantees

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Award of over $2bn to Blythe plant in California follows $1.8bn to two other solar projects earlier this month

The US government has pledged $2.1bn (£1.3bn) in loan guarantees to what will be the world's largest solar power plant, taking its support for solar to just shy of $5bn (£3bn) over the past month. The...

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