Capital depreciation can account for 50-80% of manufacturing cost in this kind of plant.

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It also requires the right kind of plant, with the right kind of roots.

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Skilled workers and political stability have attracted foreign investment, such as an Intel silicon-chip factory (the only plant of its kind in Latin America), and a pharmaceutical plant.

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This is the largest solar plant of its kind anywhere in the country.

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If the investment is realized, the plant will be the first of its kind in the Americas.

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And now, for the very first time, a large-scale solar power plant -- the largest of its kind in the entire nation -- will deliver electricity produced by the sun to the citizens of the Sunshine State.

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"The kind of decisions SSE is taking, to close existing generation plant on the one hand and delay investing in new plant on the other, is likely to be reflected across the industry in the coming months, " said Paul Smith, managing director of SSE.

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It is the kind of technology that could make possible the elusive emission-free power plant.

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The government says that the plan to plant 250, 000 young ash trees is the first project of this kind in Europe.

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The seed bank at Kew, the largest of its kind in the world, currently stores 11% (around 31, 000 specimens) of the world's plant species.

CNN: June 20, 2012 -- Updated 0855 GMT (1655 HKT)