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Sun powered irrigation system brings desert to green near Phoenix
Gila Bend Arizona witnesses the Paloma Ranch solar powered irrigation project by Battelle Memorial Institute and Northwestern Mutual Life. The 50 horsepower pump and nine parabolic collectors drive a 10 000 gallon per minute flow through 35 miles of canals turning arid land into fields of cotton and alfalfa. Alexander the project manager notes the system is not yet economically feasible and may take five to ten years to be common.
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Gila Bend
Phoenix
Graham Alexander
Alexander
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Battelle and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Here
Paloma Ranch
Northwestern Mutual
Cranco
California
Paloma
Battelle
Northwestern
Freo