347 000 mirrors directs sunlight to the three tall towers where solar collector utilizes the heat to generate steam that drives elturbinerna.
With contributions from Google now opens the world’s largest solar plant in the U.S..
Today February 13 formally opened the world’s largest solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert in California. Where reflected sunlight from 347,000 mirrors on three 135 meter high tower where solar panels utilizes the heat to generate the steam that drives elturbinerna.
The total power from the power plant called Ivanpah is 392 megawatts, which will be enough to supply 140,000 households in California with electricity, according to a press release from the owner NRG Solar.
production price of electricity will have competitive reasons not disclosed.
facility, which covers an area of ??14 square kilometers has cost some EUR 14 billion, of which Google has invested a billion.
search company no longer supports this technology, then solar thermal effects become less competitive than solar power plant since construction began in 2010, when Google made its investment.
plant early start as early as autumn 2013. But then it was only one of the three towers with solar panels in operation.
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