The world's largest solar plant is officially online in the Mojave desert - and it is causing some dismay. That's because the technology the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station uses could be a threat to wildlife - it generates heat so intense there's growing evidence it is scorching birds, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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So the plant uses thousands of special mirrors, each the size of a garage door, to focus sunlight onto boilers on top of three towers, according to project owners NRG Energy Inc. Google Inc., and BrightSource Energy Inc., the plant can power about 140,000 homes a year, according to the Journal.
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