There was a discussion on this impressive array of panels, earlier in the week. Not sure if it was you who posted it.
Posted on 02/16/2014 2:30:44 AM PST by Fzob
A stretch of the Mojave Desert has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, but the milestone is being met with criticism from environmental groups concerned about the effect of solar energy on desert wildlife. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, formally opened Thursday after years of regulatory and legal tangles ranging from relocating tortoises to assessing the impact on plants. The $2.2 billion complex of three generating units, owned by NRG Energy Inc., Google Inc. and BrightSource Energy, can produce nearly 400 megawatts — enough power for 140,000 homes. It began making electricity last year.
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I think that might be off. in the last five years we rewired our plant, installed a scrubber on our 260MW unit, installed SNCRs on both units at a cost of 450 million. The unit total output is about 720MW gross.
The environmental controls at the 385MW Dry Fork Station cost 336 million. The plant was built in 2011.
http://www.poweringthewest.org/2011/08/17/dry-fork-station-dedication/
Total cost of The Dry Fork Station was 1.3 billion.
Except that it's located in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California.
Google KILLS birds?
There was a discussion on this impressive array of panels, earlier in the week. Not sure if it was you who posted it.
It should be scorching global warming idiots like Algore.
If anyone is interested, we have several articles about it here. . .
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ivanpah/index
If a developer had built that equivalent of homes in the desert the howls from liberals would have been heard all the way to Charlotte, NC. Since it’s a bunch of solar panels, they’re doing Gaia’s (liberals’ Earth goddess) work.
The point is, this environmently pushed plant does more damage tot he environment than 10 fossil fuel plants. It’s like the wind farms, incredibly ugly, and doesn’t put out near what a smaller nuclear or fossil fuel plant can provide.
Tree huggers hands over ears moving head side to side rapidly saying “La La La La La La.....” Loudly and with feeling.
Another interesting point
Tastes like chicken
These are the high technology jobs that kids coming out of college need! Wiping the mirrors at the powerplant, much like being a barrista at Starschmucks requires a Bachelor degree.
Got it. I was addressing the reason why libs object to this, even though it is a treehugger project itself. "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." (Romans 1:25)
They have repellent coatings on them. We have had Teflon and repellent fabrics for decades.
There is not much difference in output between dirty and clean, but dust does lower output.
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