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US now has world’s largest solar and energy storage project

US now has world’s largest solar and battery energy storage project

The project is partly located on the Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California, home to many other large solar projects in the US.

Published: Feb 17, 2024 08:43 AM EST
The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured this image of the project and its nearly 2 million solar panels on January 12, 2024.

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