Giant Solar Panels Outside Las Vegas

The crescent dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci fi movie.

Giant solar panels outside las vegas.

Out in the california desert just 40 miles southwest of las vegas the ivanpah solar electric generating system has been harnessing the power of the sun a little too effectively. The 2 2 billion project which is being built by oakland. Using technology known as. But a massive new solar plant sprawling over 1 670 acres near las vegas was designed to solve that problem.

Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between las. While many people are familiar with rooftop solar or photovoltaic panels these are a little bit different. The company already has built one such array the 110 megawatt crescent dunes solar energy plant on 1 600 acres of federal land outside of tonopah 225 miles northwest of las vegas. 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.

The ivanpah site about 45 miles southwest of las vegas has virtually unbroken sunshine most of the year and is near transmission lines that carry power to consumers. The outlines of a massive solar thermal power plant the largest ever are starting to appear in the wilderness outside of las vegas. It provides energy on demand even when it s dark. The ivanpah site about 45 miles southwest of las vegas has virtually unbroken sunshine most of the year and is near transmission lines that carry power to consumers.

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