DoE finalises $1.2bn loan guarantee for giant solar plant

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Abengoa's 250MW Mojave project set to increase US's concentrated solar power capacity by 50 per cent

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has handed out $1.2bn in loan guarantees to a California project that promises to increase the nation's installed concentrating solar power (CSP) capacity by about 50...

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