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200-acre solar farm planned at Brookhaven Lab

Originally published: January 10, 2010 10:13 PM
Updated: January 10, 2010 10:32 PM
By JENNIFER SMITH  jennifer.smith@newsday.com

Quick ReadThe solar farm planned at Brookhaven National Laboratory would be the largest of its kind in the Northeast.

Solar panels (Dec. 17, 2009)

Photo credit: AP File | Solar panels (Dec. 17, 2009)

With more than 167,000 solar panels spread across 200 acres, the solar farm planned at Brookhaven National Laboratory would be the largest of its kind in the Northeast.

The project takes Long Island's relationship with solar power - until now, mostly panels mounted on suburban rooftops - and re-imagines it on an industrial scale. Out in the woods and fields where scientists once conducted...

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