Ivanpah Solar Panels

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Ivanpah solar panels.

In april 2011 the department of energy issued three loan guarantees for 1 6 billion in total to finance ivanpah a 392 mw concentrating solar power csp plant. Located in the mojave desert of southern california the 377 megawatt ivanpah solar electric generating system is the world s largest solar thermal facility. The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence the operation. It started commercial operations in january 2014 and secretary moniz participated in the dedication ceremony in february 2014.

Solar thermal plants like the ivanpah complex and the two new ones proposed use hundreds of thousands of computer controlled mirrors to focus sunlight on boilers which sit on tall towers. Ivanpah solar power facility description. Ivanpah brightsource s solar thermal system is operating at the ivanpah solar electric generating system isegs in california s mojave desert. On august 27 2014.

Created through the joint effort of nrg google and brightsource energy ivanpah produces enough clean renewable electricity to power 140 000 homes. The 3 500 acre ivanpah installation roughly the size of los angeles international airport is one of the world s largest concentrating solar power plants using vast arrays of mirrors to direct sunlight to a central generator. As the world s largest csp facility upon completion ivanpah nearly doubled the amount of solar thermal energy produced in the united states in previous years.