This Unexpected Country Is Building The EU's Biggest Solar Farm

Arizona's Sun Streams solar farm has unexpectedly become a nursery for burrowing owls, with 36 chicks hatching and 29 fledging in 2025 after being displaced by development. Meanwhile, the EU is constructing a massive solar farm intended to rival the output of China, which generated 1.17 million gigawatt-hours of solar energy in 2025. These developments highlight both the ecological impact and the scaling of solar infrastructure across different global regions during the current year.