Sentences with phrase «mw solar thermal system»

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The United States has slightly more than 20,000 megawatts (MW) of solar generating capacity, which includes utility - scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal installations, as well as distributed generation solar PV systems, also known as rooftop solar.

This funding system granted a premium on top of the electricity pool price of 12 $ cents for each kWh output of a solar thermal plant between 100 kW and 50 MW of capacity, which could be changed every four years.

Solar thermal systems such as the new 64 - MW Nevada Solar One installation should have smoother output power than PV systems because the thermal inertia of the oil used as a working fluid is expected to continue producing electricity despite the fluctuating thermal input.

The company has also recently begun construction on the 392 MW Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in Southern California's Mojave Desert, the world's largest solar thermal power plant under construcSolar Electric Generating System in Southern California's Mojave Desert, the world's largest solar thermal power plant under construcsolar thermal power plant under construction.