World’s largest solar plant delivers power to California

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World’s largest solar plant delivers power to California


The world’s largest solar power plant of its type is now delivering electricity to customers in California, US, spokesperson for NRG Energy Jeff Holland said on Friday.
At full capacity, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System produces a gross total of 392 megawatts of solar power, enough electricity for 140,000 California homes, and would avoid 400,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road.
Ivanpah, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of all solar thermal energy currently operational in the US, is for now the largest solar project in the world. The complex is sprawling across roughly 3,500 acres of land near the California-Nevada border, four times the size of New York’s Central Park, Holland said.


He disclosed that most solar PV panels used in the facility are manufactured by Chinese manufacturing companies.
Using technology known as solar-thermal, nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop the 450-foot towers.
Since breaking ground in October 2010, the project has created thousands of jobs and, at the peak of construction, employed nearly 3,000 site workers, said NRG Energy, which jointly owns the complex with Google, and Oakland-based BrightSource Energy.


Tom Doyle, president of NRG Energy, said, “Cleantech innovations, such as Ivanpah, are critical to establishing America’s leadership in large-scale, clean-energy technology that will keep our economy globally competitive over the next several decades.”
“We see Ivanpah changing the energy landscape by proving that utility-scale solar is not only possible, but incredibly beneficial to both the economy and in how we produce and consume energy,” said Doyle.
The opening of Ivanpah comes as the government is pushing for development of greener, cleaner power. Currently, solar power accounts for less than one percent of the country’s total power output.

World’s largest solar plant delivers power to California - Khaleej Times

go green !! ka nindut ani nga proyekto .

[cj21]

nindot kaayo na kay maka save ug makatabang sa climate change, soon sa cebu , solar power plant ug windmills.

[kit_cebu]

nindot kaayo na kay maka save ug makatabang sa climate change, soon sa cebu , solar power plant ug windmills.

murag ang cebu is not hot enough...and not windy enough...probably the reason why we never have one...

[Passport]

boss lorenz, inig kahuman sa Shams 2 ug 3 sa Abu Dhabi.. dako pud baya na solar power station diha. Nag operate na man ang Shams 1..

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392 MW is way too impressive for such a type of power plant.

[lhorenzoo]

boss lorenz, inig kahuman sa Shams 2 ug 3 sa Abu Dhabi.. dako pud baya na solar power station diha. Nag operate na man ang Shams 1..

​uu boss naa napud sila murag same ingon ana na project upcoming under construction , go green napud diri ,usik bitaw og di makahimo ingon ana diri kay all year ang sunlight diri

[Passport]

murag ang cebu is not hot enough...and not windy enough...probably the reason why we never have one...

as a matter of fact, since we are just about 10°C north of the equator, dako unta ta ug advantage in terms of solar energy.. mahal lang gyud na nga investment boss..

[coldhot]

dili na pwd diri..kay daghan mga korakoters mohinay ilang sideline..

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Puwede kaayo ni sa Siquijor,
tag-as man kuno ug sunny days nang lugaraha.

[kit_cebu]

as a matter of fact, since we are just about 10°C north of the equator, dako unta ta ug advantage in terms of solar energy.. mahal lang gyud na nga investment boss..

napa-googel kog ahat dah...hahaha...

we're not even on the top 20 sa mga recorded high's... List of weather records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

mao raning ato: What is the hottest temperature in the Philippines and where

so, sa ka-init sa ato, yeah, alkanse gyud tingali ang solar power diri...


sample lang...
900+ nga solar panel sa CD-R King, maka-power rag gamay nga appliance nga murag 50w ra for a few hours...wa gyud ko sakto detalye...
so, sa kamahal ug sa ka-way klaro sa quality sa CD-R King, yeah...not a viable option...


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