(task) The California Desert Is Now Home to the World’s Largest Solar-Power Plant | TIME

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> http://time.com/3702615/worlds-largest-solar-power-plant-desert-sunlight-solar-farm/ <http://time.com/3702615/worlds-largest-solar-power-plant-desert-sunlight-solar-farm/>
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> The California Desert Is Now Home to the World’s Largest Solar-Power Plant
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> Terry Pierson—The Press Enterprise/AP U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, left, tours the plant during the power-on ceremony at Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in Desert Center, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2015
> It could pave the way for more large-scale renewable-energy plants
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> The world’s largest solar-power plant officially opened <http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/02/10/worlds-largest-solar-plant-california-riverside-county/23159235/> in the Riverside County desert, in California, on Monday.
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> The 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight Solar Farm will produce enough energy to power 160,000 California homes, reports USA Today.
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> Governor Jerry Brown has called on the state to increase its renewable-energy use to 50% of the total by 2030, up from 33% by 2020.
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> Desert Sunlight was built using a $1.5 billion federal loan-guarantee program from the U.S. Department of Energy, who says the project is expected to make a profit of $5 billion to $6 billion.
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> [USA Today <http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/02/10/worlds-largest-solar-plant-california-riverside-county/23159235/>]