For pronghorn, those antelope-like creatures of the American West, the grassland north of Flagstaff, Arizona, is prime habitat. It gives the animals the food and conditions they need to survive fall and winter.
But for a nation racing to adopt renewable energy, the land is prime for something else: solar panels. The sun shines strong, the terrain is flat and high-voltage transmission lines are in place from a decommissioned coal plant. Energy collected here could speed to major metropolitan regions across the West, part of a colossal wave of clean power needed to stave off the worst effects of global warming.
