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The future of desert solar power

Molly Wood Jul 2, 2013
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The future of desert solar power

Molly Wood Jul 2, 2013
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A new solar power plant, Ivanpah, is getting ready to come online in California’s Mojave Desert. Solar facilities like Ivanpah could be the future — or, they could be a footnote in the history of clean energy.

Dave Levitan, who has been reporting on desert solar power plants for Scientific American, joins Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson to discuss.

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