Ivanpah Solar Tours

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Ivanpah solar tours.

While travelling from las vegas to los angeles on the i 15 you can easily see the ivanpah solar farm its vast and gleaming on a normal californian day well worth the viewing. Ivanpah which began commercial operation in 2013 is delivering power to pg e and southern california edison. A 377 megawatt 3 500 acre solar thermal. 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.

Ivanpah is a hybrid solar plant relying on both solar thermal csp and natural gas back up power gas is also used as a fuel at night to keep isegs primed and to heat water used. 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 is a futuristic vision rising out of the mojave desert. Ivanpah solar electrical generating system isegs covers 3 500 acres with three separate concentrated solar power csp a form of solar thermal power production.

This one of a kind tour will show you the behind the scenes picture of operating the largest concentrated solar energy system in the world. Discover ivanpah solar power facility in san bernardino county california. Ivanpah was constructed by bechtel and is operated by nrg energy one of the project s equity investors. Ivanpah the world s largest solar plant is a glittering sea of mirrors concentrating sunlight into three glowing towers.

On thursday april 18 2019 the nevada chapter of the association of energy engineers aee will host a field trip to the ivanpah solar thermal facility located on the nv ca border along i 15. The project is currently the largest solar thermal power plant in the world. The world s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts. Sometime in the next few months the ivanpah solar electric generating system will flip the switch on the largest solar plant of its kind in the world.