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Officials identify five prime Nevada areas for solar projects

By MATTHEW DALY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oct. 28, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday identified 17 sites in six Western states, including Nevada, as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands, continuing a push for solar power despite the high-profile bankruptcy of a solar panel maker that received a half-billion dollar federal loan.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the latest "Solar Energy Zones" refine and improve on a draft released in December that identified 24 areas in California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.

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