Barack Obama’s Saturday radio address details a host of alternative energy plans, including a big solar plant to be constructed just west of Gila Bend.

The Tucson Sentinel:

The “world’s largest solar plant” planned near Gila Bend will receive a $1.45 billion federal loan guarantee, President Obama announced Saturday morning.

“This plant will be the first large-scale solar plant in the U.S. to actually store the energy it generates for later use – even at night,” Obama said.

The plant will be based approoximately here:



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Tucson Sentinel story here.

AP story here.

Here’s the president’s address: