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Leaders In Alternative Energy: Germany Turns On World's Biggest Solar Power Project

This week, two of Germany's most important solar energy projects came online -- the second biggest solar power project in the world and one of the first solar thermal "power towers." The projects are part of the country's plan to provide 20 percent of its energy through renewable sources. (...)

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The world's second largest solar energy project near Cottbus, in the eastern state of Brandenburg.
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The world's second largest solar energy project near Cottbus, in the eastern state of Brandenburg.

In Jülich, near Cologne, Germany's first solar-thermal project went online on Thursday, too. It can generate 1.5 megawatts of power.
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In Jülich, near Cologne, Germany's first solar-thermal project went online on Thursday, too. It can generate 1.5 megawatts of power.



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