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Spain Runs Europe's First Commercial Solar Plant

NPR: Climate Connections Podcast

Spain is making use of its 300 sunny days per year by powering thousands of homes with Europe's first commercial solar-thermal tower plant – and running it doesn't generate any greenhouse gases.

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