Nevada Desert Solar Power Plant

Threatened mojave desert tortoise in nevada.

Nevada desert solar power plant.

The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world. The ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert it is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada the plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts mw. The owner of a big nevada solar thermal power plant that received 737 million in loans from the u s. Some of the 300 000 computer controlled mirrors each about 7 feet high and 10 feet wide are shown at the ivanpah solar electric generating system in primm nev.

A stretch of the mojave desert has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world but the milestone is being met with criticism. Sitting in the nevada desert the new crescent dunes solar energy project is covered with more than 10 000 mirrors each the size of a small house that track the sun throughout the day and focus. Ivanpah which began commercial operation in 2013 is delivering power to pg e and southern california edison. Brightsource s solar thermal system is operating at the ivanpah solar electric generating system isegs in california s mojave desert.

Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between las. Enough to power 260 000 households in nevada arizona. The trump administration announced final approval of a massive solar plant about 30 miles. The ivanpah solar power facility is a 370 mw facility which consists of three separate solar thermal power plants just off interstate highway 15 on the nevada california border in the mojave desert.

Department of energy filed for bankruptcy on thursday according to a court filing. It deploys 173 500 heliostats each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three 459 ft 139 9 m tall solar power. The crescent dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci fi movie.