{"id":3060,"date":"2010-10-25T05:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:17","slug":"canada-now-home-to-worlds-largest-solar-power-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/canada-now-home-to-worlds-largest-solar-power-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Now Home To World&#8217;s Largest Solar Power Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sarnia20101.jpg\" alt=\"Source: EcoGeek\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" \/>Sarnia Solar Facility, deemed the world&#8217;s largest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/archives\/solar_power_energy.htm\">solar power<\/a> station, has opened in Canada. 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