Solar Panel Field Nevada

The ivanpah solar electric generating system sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the california nevada border formally opens thursday.

Solar panel field nevada.

From wikipedia the free encyclopedia the ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert. A solar thermal plant in nevada is the latest in the long list of obama administration energy failures. The crescent dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci fi movie. The most recent proposals in nevada include the gemini project and the spower project.

Sitting in the nevada desert the new crescent dunes solar energy project is covered with more than 10 000 mirrors each the size of a small house that track the sun throughout the day and focus. It s considered a key marker in the. At its unveiling in december of 2007 the nellis array was the largest solar panel installation in north america. If approved the gemini solar farm will cover 7 100 acres of federal land creating the largest solar farm in the united states.

Built partly on a landfill the field of solar panels takes advantage of two resources plentiful in nevada. Sunshine and empty land. Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between las. It is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada.

The power plant was inaugurated in a ceremony on december 17 2007 with nevada governor jim gibbons activating its full operation. The spower project proposes building on 2 154 acres of agriculture mining recreation zoned land.