Nevada Becomes The Nation’s First Solar Research Testing Ground
July 08, 2010 at 15:45 PM EDT
The federal government is establishing a “Solar Demonstration Zone” [a 25-square-mile area] to test new solar power technologies on part of the Nevada Test Site, which in the past was used to study nuclear weapons. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday to use [...]