The race to build the world's biggest solar power plant heats up

The Solar I concentrating solar plant will have 3,500 parabolic mirrors trapping the sun's energy

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The race to build the world’s largest solar power plant continues with Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global LLC unveiling plans for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant in the Harquahala Valley, 75 miles west of Phoenix. As one of the largest solar plants in the world Starwood Solar I will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 homes and is scheduled for completion by 2013.

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