Beginning in June Yosemite National Park will install a large-scale solar panel project at El Portal that will accommodate a 539-kilowatt photovoltaic generation system with $ 4.4 million received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/arrasolar.htm
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