Back محطة ايفانباه للطاقة الشمسية Arabic Solární elektrárna Ivanpah Czech Sonnenwärmekraftwerk Ivanpah German نیروگاه خورشیدی ایوانپا Persian Centrale solaire d'Ivanpah French Sunčeva termoelektrana Ivanpah Croatian Ivanpahi naperőmű Hungarian 아이밴파 발전소 Korean ഇവാൻപാ സൗരോർജ്ജ വൈദ്യുത പദ്ധതി Malayalam Ivanpah-zonnecentrale Dutch
| Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Looking north towards Ivanpah Facility's eastern boiler tower from Interstate 15 | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | near Ivanpah, San Bernardino County, California |
| Coordinates | 35°34′N 115°28′W / 35.57°N 115.47°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | October 27, 2010[1] |
| Commission date | February 13, 2014[2][3][1] |
| Construction cost | $2.2 billion ($2.79 billion in 2023 dollars[4]) |
| Owners | NRG Energy BrightSource Energy |
| Employees | 60[5] |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | CSP |
| CSP technology | Solar power tower |
| Collectors | 173,500 |
| Site resource | 2,717 kWh/m²/yr |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Solar energy and natural gas |
| Site area | 3,500 acres (1,420 ha)[6] |
| Cooling source | Air cooling |
| Power purchase agreement | >$0.135 / kWh (estimated)[7] |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3 |
| Make and model | Siemens SST-900 |
| Nameplate capacity | Unit 1: 126 MW Units 2 and 3: 133 MW each. Planned: 440 MW gross, Build: 392 MW gross, 377 MW net[6] |
| Capacity factor | 24.1% (2018 actual) / 28.5% (planned) |
| Annual net output | 856 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | ivanpahsolar |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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).[8] It uses 173,500 heliostats, each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three 459-foot-tall (140 m)[9] solar power towers.[8] The first unit of the system was connected to the electrical grid in September 2013 for an initial synchronization test.[10] The facility formally opened on February 13, 2014.[2] In 2014, it was the world's largest solar thermal power station.[11][12]
The $2.2 billion facility was developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel.[13] The largest investor in the project was NRG Energy which contributed $300 million. Google contributed $168 million.[14] The United States government provided a $1.6 billion loan guarantee and the plant is built on public land.[15] In 2010, the project was scaled back from its original 440 MW design to avoid disturbing the habitat of the desert tortoise.[16]
- ^ a b Overton, Thomas W. (August 2014). "Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Earns POWER's Highest Honor". Power. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ a b Michael R. Blood and Brian Skolof, "Huge thermal plant opens as solar industry grows" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Update from Ivanpah – May 2013". May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
Ivanpah Project Is More Than 92 Percent Complete
- ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ "Loan Programs Office: IVANPAH". US Department of Energy. June 1, 2017.
ECONOMIC IMPACT: Ivanpah created 1,000 construction jobs and is expected to support 61 permanent jobs.
- ^ a b "Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System". National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ Trabish, Herman (February 13, 2014). "Ivanpah: World's Biggest Solar Power Tower Project Goes On-Line - But will more concentrated solar power follow?". Greentech Media.
Though Ivanpah's PPA prices are undisclosed, they are thought to be no less than the $0.135 per kilowatt-hour PPA price for SolarReserve's 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project in Nevada, far from DOE's CSP target price of $0.06 per kilowatt-hour.
- ^ a b "Brightsource Ivanpah". Ivanpahsolar.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ "Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Tower 2 - the Skyscraper Center".
- ^ "Business Wire: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Reaches 'First Sync' Milestone". Businesswire.com. September 24, 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ "World largest solar thermal plant syncs to the grid". IEEE. September 26, 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ^ "World's Largest Solar Thermal Power Project at Ivanpah Achieves Commercial Operation" Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, NRG press release, February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Solar energy plant in California gets new partner in NRG". Power Engineering International. PennWell Corporation. October 28, 2010. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ Wald, Matthew (November 28, 2011). "Google Pulls the Plug on a Renewable Energy Effort". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
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foxnewswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Woody, Todd (February 11, 2010). "BrightSource Alters Solar Plant Plan to Address Concerns Over Desert Tortoise". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.