Ivanpah Solar Tours

Ivanpah is a hybrid solar plant relying on both solar thermal csp and natural gas back up power gas is also used as a fuel at night to keep isegs primed and to heat water used.

Ivanpah solar tours.

It is a futuristic vision rising out of the mojave desert. 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. Discover ivanpah solar power facility in san bernardino county california. On thursday april 18 2019 the nevada chapter of the association of energy engineers aee will host a field trip to the ivanpah solar thermal facility located on the nv ca border along i 15.

This one of a kind tour will show you the behind the scenes picture of operating the largest concentrated solar energy system 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. Ivanpah solar electric generating system nipton. While travelling from las vegas to los angeles on the i 15 you can easily see the ivanpah solar farm its vast and gleaming on a normal californian day well worth the viewing.

Read more date of experience. A 377 megawatt 3 500 acre solar thermal. See 15 reviews articles and 14 photos of ivanpah solar electric generating system ranked no 3 on tripadvisor among 3 attractions in nipton. Sometime in the next few months the ivanpah solar electric generating system will flip the switch on the largest solar plant of its kind in the world.

The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world. The world s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts. Ivanpah solar electrical generating system. Ivanpah solar electrical generating system isegs covers 3 500 acres with three separate concentrated solar power csp a form of solar thermal power production.