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.

Ivanpah solar panels.

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. 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 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.

The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world. 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. Power tower 2 of the ivanpah solar electric generating system under construction. The heliostat mirrors on.

Ivanpah which began commercial operation in 2013 is delivering power to pg e and southern california edison. Ivanpah brightsource s solar thermal system is operating at the ivanpah solar electric generating system isegs in california s mojave desert. Created through the joint effort of nrg google and brightsource energy ivanpah produces enough clean renewable electricity to power 140 000 homes.