Created through the joint effort of nrg google and brightsource energy ivanpah produces enough clean renewable electricity to power 140 000 homes.
Ivanpah solar panels.
The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence the operation.
Ivanpah solar power facility description.
Ivanpah brightsource s solar thermal system is operating at the ivanpah solar electric generating system isegs in california s mojave desert.
Ivanpah which began commercial operation in 2013 is delivering power to pg e and southern california edison.
The 3 500 acre ivanpah installation roughly the size of los angeles international airport is one of the world s largest concentrating solar power plants using vast arrays of mirrors to direct sunlight to a central generator.
The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world.
It started commercial operations in january 2014 and secretary moniz participated in the dedication ceremony in february 2014.
The heliostat mirrors on.
Power tower 2 of the ivanpah solar electric generating system under construction.
On august 27 2014.
Solar thermal plants like the ivanpah complex and the two new ones proposed use hundreds of thousands of computer controlled mirrors to focus sunlight on boilers which sit on tall towers.