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Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords addresses the crowd during a ceremony hosted by Soaring Heights Communities Nov. 10. Congresswoman Giffords was here to celebrate what will become the largest solar-powered community in the continental U.S. The event showcased the on-going construction of more than 80,000 solar array panels in the base's privatized housing neighborhood. Several private companies are working to create one of the nation's largest distributed, community-wide solar power systems at Davis-Monthan. This system is expected to produce more than 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. This is sufficient enough to provide an estimated 75 percent of the residents' energy use next year and could eventually offset more than 100 percent of Soaring Heights Communities' electricity use. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Staff Sgt. Jacqueline Romero)

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