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Largest in US, but pretty small compared to whats coming up. Todays news, ~$12B in Philippines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39408076

Edit: 3.58B, not 12 from another comment. Still, pretty large investment for Philippines.

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Bhadla Solar park in India. 7 miles long and 3.5 miles wide. If I’m not mistaken, it’s currently the largest in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadla_Solar_Park?wprov=sfti1#...

spectacular public works history in the Phillipines !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edifice_complex

Isn't the actual size important, and not the money involved?

Yes, actual size, but also relative to the size of their economy. Considering Philippines GDP, this is significant.

What's the GDP of the Ute nation? It's probably quite a significant investment for them as well.

2.96bln USD

So 35% of the Ute Nation's GDP vs 1.3% of the Phillipines. OP is clearly either uninformed or biased. Or just doesn't understand Tribal Sovereignty status in the US.

Worth noting GDP is per year. Where the project cost is over the 30 year life[1] of the project. Through the magic of finance 35% becomes 1.17%.

[1] One feels that 30 life for something where components can be constantly replaced as they wear out is a misnomer.

Doing the same to the Filipino project drops it down to .35%, so the total impact is still 1/3 that of the Ute project.

Additionally, the Ute will need to weather that impact for a full 30 years, while the Filipinos will only need to for a few.

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