{"id":696565,"date":"2010-03-20T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/producing-solar-energy-on-a-large-scale-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-20T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T15:10:00","slug":"the-most-amazing-solar-plant-on-earth-doesnt-use-a-single-solar-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/696565","title":{"rendered":"The Most Amazing Solar Plant On Earth Doesn&#8217;t Use A Single Solar Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can you harness the sun to power thousands of homes rather than one home?<\/p>\n<p>Solar panes &ndash; using a photovoltaics system &ndash; are expensive because they use highly purified silicon that costs thousands per square inch.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gross, CEO of IdeaLab, has figured out a way to manage solar farming on a large scale by using mirrors to capture sun rays. 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