Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants, located in California’s Mojave Desert and using thousands of mirrors to generate utility-scale renewable electricity.

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instanceOf concentrated solar power plant
solar thermal power plant
approximateSiteArea about 3,500 acres
commercialOperationStartDate 2014
commissioningDate 2013
connectedTo Pacific Gas and Electric Company NERFINISHED
Southern California Edison NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 2010
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developer BrightSource Energy NERFINISHED
electricalCapacity 392 MW
energySource renewable energy
environmentalConcern bird mortality from solar flux
impact on desert wildlife
fuelType solar energy
gridConnection California Independent System Operator grid
gridRole utility-scale baseload and peak power support
hasCoolingSystem air-cooled condenser
hasNumberOfHeliostats over 170,000
hasPart Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
heatTransferMedium water/steam
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Mojave Desert
San Bernardino County
surface form: San Bernardino County, California
locatedInProtectedArea Mojave Desert ecosystem NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Southwestern United States NERFINISHED
near Ivanpah Dry Lake NERFINISHED
Primm, Nevada NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants
use of thousands of heliostats focusing sunlight on central towers
numberOfUnits 3
operator NRG Energy NERFINISHED
owner BrightSource Energy NERFINISHED
Google NERFINISHED
NRG Energy NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose utility-scale electricity generation
projectPhase completed
projectType utility-scale solar power project
regulatoryJurisdiction State of California NERFINISHED
status operational
technologyType concentrating solar power
solar power tower
uses heliostats
mirrors
steam turbine generators

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Bechtel Corporation notableProject Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System