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From the air, a solar plant can look like a set of concentric rings. From the water, a wind farm can stretch to the horizon. These photographs show the scale of power plants that turn sunlight, wind, and moving water into electricity, from mirror fields in the desert to dams that span major rivers.

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Gemasolar
Gemasolar: Concentric rows of mirrors surround the tower at this solar thermal plant in southern Spain. The mirrors send…
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Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam’s concrete arc holds back Lake Mead on the Colorado River. The bypass bridge crosses Black Canyon just…
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London Array
London Array: White turbine rows sit offshore in the outer Thames Estuary. London Array has 175 turbines, spread far enough…
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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System: Three mirror fields spread across the Mojave Desert in this 2021 aerial…
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Noor Ouarzazate III
Noor Ouarzazate III: The tower rises over Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate complex in this view at dusk. Mirrors concentrate…
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Roscoe Wind Farm
Roscoe Wind Farm: An old windmill stands among modern turbines in West Texas. The taller turbines are part of a wind…
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Itaipu Dam
Itaipu Dam: This panorama shows the long hydroelectric dam from the Brazilian side of the Paraná River. The power station…
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Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam: The concrete dam stretches across the Yangtze River at Sandouping in Hubei, China. The crossing gives a…
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Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam: From above, the powerhouses line the downstream side of the dam on Washington’s Columbia River. Water…
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Hornsea 2
Hornsea 2: Turbines dot the North Sea off the Yorkshire coast in this view of Hornsea 2. The offshore wind farm reached…
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Benban Solar Park
Benban Solar Park: Dark blocks of panels stand out against the Western Desert near Aswan, Egypt. Landsat caught the solar…
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Jaisalmer Wind Park
Jaisalmer Wind Park: The towers of Jaisalmer Wind Park rise from Rajasthan’s dry landscape. The project grew in stages as…
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Whitelee Wind Farm
Whitelee Wind Farm: Turbines stand on Eaglesham Moor south of Glasgow. The project grew through two extensions, bringing…
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Aswan High Dam
Aswan High Dam: An astronaut’s view shows the broad earthen embankment across the Nile in southern Egypt. The dam holds…
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Daniel-Johnson Dam and Manic-5
Daniel-Johnson Dam and Manic-5: Thirteen concrete arches span the Manicouagan River valley in Quebec. The dam holds a…
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Longyangxia Solar Park
Longyangxia Solar Park: Bands of solar panels spread across the dry landscape in Qinghai, China. The view from orbit shows…
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Lake Turkana Wind Power
Lake Turkana Wind Power: A turbine’s spinning blades blur into a disk under the stars in northern Kenya. The 365 turbines…

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