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Apr. 22, 2011
Google Gives Mojave Solar Project A Boost
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| Google has announced a $168 investment, its largest ever, to back Brightsource Energy's solar thermal project in California's Mojave desert. Alexis Madrigal, of The Atlantic, discusses the project's technology, the environmental battles it faced, and how to connect this remote field of mirrors to the grid. |
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Alexis Madrigal
Author, "Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology" (Da Capo Press, 2011)
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Washington, DC
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