Finishing touches are put to a solar park near Seville. The solar power plant uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays onto the top of a 100 metre tower where it produces steam to drive a turbine which generates electricity. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 19 May 2007 Illustration: Photograph: Javier Barbancho/ Reuters
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