Giant Solar Panels Outside Las Vegas

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.

Giant solar panels outside las vegas. The ivanpah solar electric generating system sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the. By henry brean las vegas review journal october 11 2016 7 40 pm a photo from june 26 2014 shows the crescent dunes solar energy project outside tonopah about 225 miles northwest of las vegas. The crescent dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci fi movie. But a massive new solar plant sprawling over 1 670 acres near las vegas was designed to solve that problem.

The ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert it is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada the plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts mw. A boilers sits on 459 foot towers vents steam tuesday feb. 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. 11 2014 in primm nev. 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.