Sentences with phrase «largest solar thermal power plant»

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 construction.

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

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

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.

Not exact matches

Just since last year, nearly 700 MW of new solar thermal capacity came online with the completion of three large power plants in the Southwest.

«Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of the electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.»

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.

Among other points, Mr. Romm says the «fourth generation» form of nuclear power discussed by Dr. Hansen has no greater potential benefits than other technologies (solar - thermal power plants, for example) that were not mentioned but that could be deployed at large scale much more quickly.

The solar thermal equipment company has struck a deal to deploy thermal power plants in Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and Africa with Ferrostaal AG, a large power plant developer.

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.

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

«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 Fesolar 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 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 FeSolar Thermal Research Thermal Research Fellow.

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 stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 MW SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert.

And by 2050 IEA expects combined solar PV and Solar Thermal Plants (STE) to exceed 30 percent of global energy production, becoming the world's largest single power sosolar PV and Solar Thermal Plants (STE) to exceed 30 percent of global energy production, becoming the world's largest single power soSolar Thermal Plants (STE) to exceed 30 percent of global energy production, becoming the world's largest single power source.

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

Solar reactors don't include the large power block of a CSP plant, which is a full thermal power station producing electricity (except with heat supplied by the sun).

Experts project that by 2010 the number of solar water heaters installed in China will equal the thermal equivalent of electrical capacity of 40 large nuclear power plants.

Due to the high capacity of solar thermal power plants and large required investment, CSP projects are subject to an extensive project development process.

In addition, the Energy Commission has a historic high level of more than 30 proposed projects under review, totaling more than 12,000 megawatts, many of which are large - scale solar thermal power plants that present new and challenging environmental impacts that must be considered.

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The Solana solar station in the Arizona desert is one of the first large - scale solar plants with thermal storage that allows it to keep producing power even when the sun doesn't shine.

But then I went on to envisage, at least in my own mind, a time when large fossil fuel generators had all closed own — mainly in order to avoid ruining our one and only habitable planet — and that the 24/7 power supply would be a mix of Solar PV, solar thermal (eg CSP), wind and the lesser sources such as hydro, tidal, geothermal etc having taken over the complete electricity supply — especially since Australia doesn't have, and is almost certain never to have, nuclear fission plSolar PV, solar thermal (eg CSP), wind and the lesser sources such as hydro, tidal, geothermal etc having taken over the complete electricity supply — especially since Australia doesn't have, and is almost certain never to have, nuclear fission plsolar thermal (eg CSP), wind and the lesser sources such as hydro, tidal, geothermal etc having taken over the complete electricity supply — especially since Australia doesn't have, and is almost certain never to have, nuclear fission plants.

The commitment to provide loan guarantees marks a key milestone in the development of the Ivanpah project, California's first large - scale commercial solar thermal power plant in nearly two decades.

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