The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System by Richardphotos

Photography • Science/Medical • posted on May 13, 2017

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a concentrated solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert. Located at the base of Clark Mountain in California, just over the state line between Primm, Nevada and Nipton, California, the plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts (MW). It deploys 173,500 heliostats, each with two mirrors, focusing solar energy on boilers located on three centralized solar power towers. Unit 1 of the project was connected to the grid in September 2013 in an initial sync testing. The facility formally opened on February 13, 2014, and it is currently the world's largest solar thermal power station. The project was developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel. It costs $2.2 billion; the largest investor in the project is NRG Energy, a power generating company based in Princeton, New Jersey, that has contributed $300 million. Google has contributed $168 million.;[10] the U.S. government provided a $1.6 billion loan guarantee] and the plant is built on public land. In 2010, the project was scaled back from the original 440 MW design, to avoid building on the habitat of the desert tortoise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility I under exposed the picture to avoid damage to my camera. the mirrors combined are a humongous source of heat and brilliance

Comments (18)

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romangirl

9:16AM | Sat, 13 May 2017

Is anyone there? Looks totally isolated.

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Freethinker56

9:30AM | Sat, 13 May 2017

WOW! nice one.

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Faemike55

9:42AM | Sat, 13 May 2017

fabulous information and great capture

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DennisReed

2:13PM | Sat, 13 May 2017

wow! cool write-up

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ontar1

3:17PM | Sat, 13 May 2017

That is cool!

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Sea_Dog

3:28PM | Sat, 13 May 2017

Interesting information. I've watched these towers go up over the last few years on my Vegas road trips. Good work

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Navi

4:34PM | Sat, 13 May 2017

Interesting shot, and yes, it must look so bright this could damage sensors parts, I guess !

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lizard01

2:27AM | Sun, 14 May 2017

Great shot, looks like something alien

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hilmarion

2:56AM | Sun, 14 May 2017

We had a report on this in German tv

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sossy

7:15AM | Sun, 14 May 2017

cool info 😀

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T.Rex

7:48AM | Sun, 14 May 2017

Thanks a LOAD for the information. I knew something like this was going on, but almost no info in Sweden. ll they brag about here is wind power. This solar power was taken up in (I think it was Popular Mechanics) in the 1960s. Glad to see the concepts become a reality. Perhaps replace nuclear energy. The sun is, after all, THE driving energy source for our planet, and this energy is constant, sustainable. I'd like to see more, but, as you say, the energy near such a plant is devastating. Maybe a big filter of sorts in front of your camera? And how about your eyes? Keep up the good work! :-)

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Glendaw

11:01AM | Sun, 14 May 2017

Beautiful photo and impressive information, thanks for sharing.

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RodS

2:31PM | Sun, 14 May 2017

It's fascinating to me that the thermal unit is able to withstand all the energy focused on it. That must be an amazing thing to see. Great shot, Richard!

Every time I see one of these facilities with all those mirrors concentrating the solar energy into one spot, I can't help but think of the Death Star from Star Wars.

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