Cool. Wheres the solar plant in West Texas? or Arizona? Where's the political willpower to make 45% of America's power consumption come from renewable energy?
Portugal opens major solar plant :
Portugal inaugurates a solar power plant covering 60 hectares which it says is the most productive in the world.
...The 11-megawatt plant has 52,000 photovoltaic modules, which will produce 20 gigawatt hours of power each year. Burning fossil fuels to generate the same amount of energy would result in 30,000 tons of greenhouse gases being emitted over the course of a year....
Portugal is developing wind, solar and wave power projects as part of a plan to invest $10bn (£5bn) in renewable energy over the next five years.Prime Minister Jose Socrates has said he wants 45% of Portugal's power consumption to come from renewable energy by 2010.
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