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Solar Growth Causes Water Worries

Posted by Environmental Leader on 29/10/2009

California and other western states are pegging their energy future on renewables, including solar. But that growth comes at a cost to the region’s already dwindling water supply, reports the New York Times.Many solar power plants consumer millions and millions of gallons of water a year for power-plant cooling purposes, as well as steam generation [...]

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