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 knew that they would burn birds. It was obvious. And I’m not getting paid to know. The idiots who run the show are paid to know, and they failed.
” relocating tortoises “
It’s always something with the environmentalist kooks. Most people haven’t thought through that our nation would have never been settled is this garbage had happened 150 years ago.
Land would have never been (allowed to be) cleared and farmed; etc..
Desert=Dust
Well if it fries birds maybe somebody will finally get to eat crow.
You’re right, every one I saw said mix with water, rinse, and if you live in a hard water area (like the Mohave Desert) you should use DI water. That’s interesting
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