The $100 billion solar power industry is gaining a lot of attention both globally and domestically, attracting high-profile investment from Wall Street giants such as Apple , Google and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway . The United States is the world’s third-largest solar market, right behind China and Japan , and it’s growing rapidly not just because of private investment, but also because of the Obama Administration’s efforts to make progress against global climate change . One of the most desirable locations for building domestic solar facilities is in the Mojave Desert —25,000 square miles of sun-baked terrain spanning southeastern […]

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