With solar panels spread over almost 400 acres (160 hectares), a solar power facility in Ukraine began producing power on Monday, aiming to power 20,000 houses with electricity.

Poised to become Europe's largest solar station by the end of the year, the Crimea facility substitutes clean power for the traditional coal-fired plants, with their high carbon-emissions, as part of the government's new green energy plan.

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