The future of solar power is heating up
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An ambitious project called Desertec plans to build huge solar power plants in the Sahara desert to feed clean energy to Europe. Political opposition aside, the scheme鈥檚 backers also face technical hurdles and must decide which of the solar technologies below can deliver on such a scale.
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