Ivanpah Solar Panels

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.

Ivanpah solar panels.

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. Created through the joint effort of nrg google and brightsource energy ivanpah produces enough clean renewable electricity to power 140 000 homes. 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. The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world.

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. Ivanpah solar power facility description. The heliostat mirrors on. Ivanpah brightsource s solar thermal system is operating at the ivanpah solar electric generating system isegs in california s mojave desert.

The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence the operation. Ivanpah which began commercial operation in 2013 is delivering power to pg e and southern california edison. Power tower 2 of the ivanpah solar electric generating system under construction.