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    Ivanpah Solar Power Facility - Wikipedia

    • 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). It uses 173,500 heliostats, each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located … See more

    Description

    The Ivanpah system consists of three solar thermal power plants on 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) of public land near the California–Nevada border in the Southwestern United States. Initially it was planned wit… See more

    Fossil fuel consumption

    The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence operation. The Wall Street Journal reported, "Instead of ramping up the plant each day before sunrise by burning one hour's worth of natural gas to generate steam, Ivan… See more

    CountryUnited States
    StatusOperational
    Construction began27 October 2010
    Economic impact

    BrightSource estimated that the Ivanpah facility would provide 1,000 jobs at the peak of construction, 86 permanent jobs, and total economic benefits of $3 billion. Elected San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, w… See more

    Performance

    Contracted power-delivery performance of 640 GWh/year from Units 1 and 3 and 336 GWh from Unit 2 was met by 2017, following sharply reduced production in the first few years of operation, particularly in the start-u… See more

    Environmental impacts

    The project generated controversy because of the decision to build it on ecologically intact desert habitat. The Ivanpah installation was estimated, before operations started, to reduce carbon dioxide emi… See more

    In popular culture

    The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility served as inspiration for the HELIOS One solar power plant's physical appearance in the 2010 videogame Fallout: New Vegas.
    The facility inspired American rock band The Fray to … See more

     
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  1. Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia

    Concentrated solar technology systems use mirrors or lenses with tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. The concentrated …

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    • Ivanpah Solar Power Facility - Atlas Obscura

      Sep 1, 2016 · Solar thermal plants (like Solar One and Solar Two) use thousands of large moving mirrors, called heliostats, that track the sun and focus the reflected sunlight toward tall towers. The heat...

    • Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate …

      May 13, 2020 · The facility uses more than 170,000 devices called heliostats, each consisting of two mirrors that direct solar energy onto boilers found on the three centralised solar power towers.

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      Oct 7, 2022 · Located in California's Mojave Desert, the plant can produce 392 megawatts (MW) of electricity—enough to power more than 85,000 homes—using 173,500 heliostats, each built with two mirrors that focus …

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      Jan 7, 2016 · The 377 megawatt net solar complex uses 170,000 mirrors to concentrate sunlight onto three massive towers to produce solar electricity. This is on par with a medium sized fossil fuel power plant. Energy storage and …

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      Jul 27, 2013 · It was designed by BrightSource Energy to use more than 170,000 mirrors to focus sunlight onto boilers positioned atop three towers, which reach nearly 500 feet (150 meters) into the dry desert...

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