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Controversial Ivanpah Solar switches on

The top of Tower 1 is glows during a steam blow test at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility. Photo: Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images for Bechtel.

Big solar comes ever closer. A few months after we learned about India's plans to install 10 GW of solar by 2017, the world's largest CSP (concentrating solar power) plant is officially operating. Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a massive solar farm located in the Californian Mojave desert close to Las Vegas, Nevada. Instead of using photovoltaic energy, Ivanpah … [Read more...]

The Ivanpah Solar project in pictures

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility. Photo: Bright Source.

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a solar thermal power plant located close to Las Vegas in the California Mojave Desert. 173,500 heliostats reflect the sun's rays at three solar power towers. Each tower features a water-filled receiver that generates high temperature steam when heated by the reflected energy. The farm has a planned capacity of 392 megawatts … [Read more...]

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