Giant Solar Panels Outside Las Vegas

A gemini solar project record of decision signed by the interior secretary david bernhardt approved solar partners xi llc to construct a facility about 30 miles northeast of las vegas.

Giant solar panels outside las vegas.

A boilers sits on 459 foot towers vents steam tuesday feb. The crescent dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci fi movie. In addition to generating electricity from photovoltaic solar panels the project about 30 miles northeast of las vegas also is slated to include a large 380 megawatt battery storage system. But a massive new solar plant sprawling over 1 670 acres near las vegas was designed to solve that problem.

11 2014 in primm nev. The 392 mw ivanpah solar power facility located 40 miles 64 km southwest of las vegas is the world s largest solar thermal power plant project which became fully operational on february 13 2014. It deploys 173 500 heliostats each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three 459 ft 139 9 m tall solar power. It provides energy on demand even when it s dark.

Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between las. 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. Brightsource energy received a 1 6 billion loan guarantee from the united states department of energy to build the project which deploys 347 000 heliostat mirrors focusing solar energy on.