Paris, France, Feb 2, 2026 (AFP) - Europe observatory hails plan to abandon light-polluting Chile project

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Europe's ESO star-gazing organisation on Monday welcomed plans to call off building a massive green energy project in the Chilean desert which threatened to spoil its telescopes' view of the darkest skies on Earth. AES Andes, a subsidiary of US energy company AES Corporation, in 2024 submitted proposals for the construction of a 3,000-hectare (7,400-acre) project in Chile's Atacama desert to generate solar and wind energy as well as green hydroge......

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