Sentences with phrase «ivanpah solar thermal power plant»

And Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) has contracted with Abengoa Solar to build a 280 - megawatt solar thermal power plant — dubbed Solana or «sunny place» — 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix on nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of land.

DESERTEC would place dozens of concentrated solar thermal power plants in uninhabited areas as well as wind turbines in coastal locations and scattered photovoltaic installations throughout Europe.

Harvesting the sun's energy as heat is hardly a new idea: During the energy crisis of the 1970s, designs for solar thermal power plants took off.

As O'Donnell notes, what makes solar thermal power plant technology expensive «is the cost of the hydraulics and steel and concrete associated with maintaining a half - degree of pointing accuracy in a 20 mile - per - hour breeze.»

Another route to harnessing solar energy to produce electricity is using concentrated solar power (CSP) and the world's first commercial solar thermal power plant came online in Spain in 2007.

I do know that the USA has numerous utility - scale solar PV and solar thermal power plants already approved and / or under construction, in many cases with long - term power purchase agreements already in place.

Because concentrating solar thermal power plants on only five percent of the USA's desert lands could generate more electricity than the entire country uses.

I think that in a sustainable energy economy of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants, coal and nuclear having been phased out) will play a much smaller role.

Solar thermal power plants could play a substantial role in powering America's Sun Belt cities and are potentially profitable [*] in some places.

15 large solar thermal power plants that use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and generate electricity are planned in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

Concentrated solar thermal power plants, such as this one in the California Mojave Desert, could soon form a part of the smart grid thanks to a system developed at OSU

Concentrated solar thermal power plants, such as this one in the California Mojave Desert, could soon form a part of the smart grid thanks to a system developed at OSU (Credit: < a href ="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=261806396&src=id"> Shutterstock )

The Pasadena, Calif. - based specialist in solar thermal technology has landed a deal to license technology to Penglai Electric, which in turn will build 2 gigawatts of solar thermal power plants by 2021.

Google today said it would invest $ 168 million into the Ivanpah solar thermal power plant being erected by BrightSource Energy, as the melodrama of solar thermal approaches its boiling climax.

Modular High - temperature Concrete Based Thermal Energy Storage System for Solar Thermal Power Plants

The solar thermal power plants, using technology distinct from photovoltaics which currently dominate China's solar power market, will consist of mirrors and lenses to concentrate the sun rays to power a steam turbine.

Heat Transfer Characterization of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System using Fins in Solar Thermal Power Plant

Simulation Study of the Flow Distribution in Parallel Channels of Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant «s Heat Collecting System

Object - oriented Modeling of Molten - Salt - based Thermocline Thermal Energy Storage for the Transient Performance Simulation of Solar Thermal Power Plants

Numerical Simulation of Latent Heat Thermal Storage Using Metal Matrix and Foam for Solar Thermal Power Plant

Several large, new solar thermal power plants are expected to begin commercial operation by the end of 2013, more than doubling the solar thermal generating capacity in the United States.

Return of Experience on Transient Behavior at the DSG Solar Thermal Power Plant in Kanchanaburi Thailand

Status of Implementation of the First Linear Fresnel Solar Thermal Power Plant in the Middle East — WECSP Solar Project in the Kingdom of Jordan

In the last decade, new needs have been evidenced simultaneously with the creation of an incipient industry around solar thermal power plants and new applications of solar thermal systems to other industries, as cited by our previous mini symposium.

Solar thermal power plants provide consistent, baseline - line power in large quantities.

To my knowledge, the ACME Group has not disclosed the project cost of the Bikaner Solar Thermal Power Plant.

Solar thermal power plants may also be hybrid systems that use other fuels (usually natural gas) to supplement energy from the sun during periods of low solar radiation.

Improved schott receiver technology will reduce maintenance costs and enable new solar thermal power plant to capture moreenergy from the sun.

«By using our glass and advanced material expertise to make solar thermal power plants more efficient and reliable, SCHOTT is part of the reason why communities in sunbelt areas around the world are increasingly exploring the use of solar thermalpower to satisfy their growing energy needs.»

«We are pleased to contribute a key component to this solar thermal power plant, whichwill be a shining example to the world of how advanced technologies can be used to generate clean electricity.»

«Even a small increase in a solar thermal power plant's efficiency and reliability can result in a large increase in kilowatt hours of electricity generated or a significant reduction in plant downtime or maintenance hours,» said Alex Marker, SCHOTT Solar Thermal Research Fellow.

Built by Acciona Solar Power, the 64 - MW solar thermal power plant covers 400 acres.

The groundbreaking for the largest solar thermal power plant to be built in 15 years takes place this weekend in Boulder City, Nevada.

Schott unveils new solar receiver tubes at groundbreaking for the largest US solar thermal power plant to be built in 15 years

«Solar thermal power plants have become a real alternative to conventional fossil fuel power plants because they are able to generate clean electricity in a dependable and cost - effective manner,» said Steve Russo, head of SCHOTT's Solar Thermal business in North America.

But as of September 2008 there are 10 large solar thermal power plants under construction or in development in the United States, ranging in size from 180 megawatts to 550 megawatts.

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In contrast, solar PV or solar thermal power plants convert roughly 15 percent of sunlight into a usable form, namely electricity.

The Gemasolar plant in Spain, one of a growing network of solar thermal power plants around the world (Pic: Torresol Energy Investments)

Prominent among the regions with the solar intensity needed to profitably operate solar thermal power plants are the U.S. Southwest, North Africa, Mediterranean Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the desert regions of Pakistan, northwestern India, and northern and western China.

Greenpeace and ESTIA have outlined a worldwide plan to develop 600,000 megawatts of solar thermal power plant capacity by 2040.

A 64 - megawatt solar thermal power plant completed in 2007 in Nevada, a similar one under construction in Spain, and a 300 - megawatt facility proposed in Florida represent the new wave of these facilities.

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is the world's largest concentrated solar thermal power plant, based in California.

Scientists at the Institute for Solar Research tested the particle receiver CentRec for the first time with concentrated solar radiation in the DLR solar thermal power plant in October.

Source: CSP Focus: Abengoa has developed three solar thermal power plants for electricity generation in the north of the country.

Towards Standardized Testing Methodologies for Optical Properties of Components in Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants

Annual Performance of a Solar Thermal Power Plant with Parabolic Trough Collectors and a Balanced Hybrid Rankine - brayton Cycle

Parabolic dishes at the India One solar thermal power plant, Rajasthan.

In 2009, a group of SolarPACES experts started a mission under the headline «guiSmo - a guideline for standardized yield analysis of solar thermal power plants».

Variation of Specular Reflectance and Cleanliness with Incidence Angle - Impact on Solar Thermal Power Plant Performance