Driving on I-15 in recent days to and fro between Paso Robles, CA, and Sandy, UT, it was hard not to notice how far along the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility at Primm Valley has gotten with its three dramatic-looking heliostat receiving towers thrusting up above the floor of the Mojave Desert just southwest of Las Vegas, NV. These solar power towers just inside the California state line look more like NASA rocket pads than heliostat receiving towers. Surrounding all three of these towers is a growing field of heliostat panels aimed at these towers. We have heard a lot about "alternative energy sources" in the public discourse in recent years and this is a wonderful example of such being built right before our eyes.
Note: At bottom is a National Geographic short video about this project that I have added on August 30, 2013.
UPATE as of February 14, 2014, from the The Weather Channel HERE.
One of three heliostat receiving towers under construction in the Primm Valley area.
UPDATE: Here are two more images I captured of this facility today, September 24, 2012, as I drove past it nearly six months after I captured the image above.
All three heliostat receiving towers shown here.
All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).
I plan to be back through there in a couple of weeks (middle of June 2012) and snap an updated image and post it on this blog with a link-thru on this page.
Too bad this 30-year-old technology wasn't developed 40 years ago. It is hard to believe that this is less expensive than amorphous thin-film solar panels. Every mirror needs a 2-axis tracking motor. It makes steam to power turbines, even older technology. When the majority of power is needed after the sun goes down it produces nothing. Solar energy is a dead end, the kind of "alternate energy" Big Oil has permitted, whereas real Free Energy, coming soon from extraterrestrial sources, will make this nonsense seem quite silly. Likewise, this is more centralized Big Company energy that has to be distributed over wires. Not impressive to this observer, sorry to say.
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have changed Computer history completely. But the interesting part is who is known as father of computers- Charles Baggage did not know that he would make an important place in history with his invention. Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space. Simple computers are small enough to fit into mobile device, and mobile computer can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icon of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "computers". It was a great invention of world history. hydro electric hydro electric power what is hydro electric inventhistory power generator wind power generator solar and power electric transportation
LEDs are categorized in different types like miniature, mid range and high power according to their different sizes present in the market. These LEDs are considered to be the best source of light emission as these have a low wear and tear as compared to the other light emitting sources present in the market. LEDs when developed by Holonyak were developed to provide a simple and inexpensive way for computers to convey the information and then it was used in the portable calculators but now these LEDs are used from the coffee making machines to the 290 ft tall Reuters billboard in Times Square. Today these LEDs provide us an unmatched high quality and experience of TV watching by the LED televisions that are available in the market. hydro electric hydro electric power what is hydro electric inventhistory power generator wind power generator solar and power electric transportation
Zuvrick represents the "Coast-To-Coast Am" crowd that is always talking about some impending announcement or development as it pertains to UFO's etc. which never come but they hope we all forget all their previous false pronouncements and facilitate that end by way of yet newer breathless prognostications of impending NASA announcements of such. As the old saying goes, you can fool some of the people all the time and all people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THESE SCI-FI LOOKING TOWERS WERE, I PASS THEM MONTHLY AS , I TRAVEL BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND LOS ANGELES......THANKS FOR THE INFO !.......INTERESTING.
A solar cell is often a gadget that is certainly accustomed to digest energy in the sunshine so as to create temperature as well as oftentimes electrical energy. It's also referred to as the photo voltaic mobile or portable mainly because it is made of quite a few cellular material which have been accustomed to alter the actual light-weight in the sunshine in electrical energy. Really the only fresh material regarding these solar panel systems is the sunshine. it is produced such how the cellular material face sunlight so as to make it possible for maximum absorption of the the sun's rays. The harder the action in the sunshine is, a lot more the actual electrical energy that is certainly made. Solar power panels utilized in most homesteads on the globe greatly assist quite a few positives which have been much more compared to downsides. Many of these positives are usually discussed underneath.
These panels are merely reflectors which direct solar radiation at the main towers at the center of each of the three arrays... different system entirely from what you are discussing. Heliostat panels versus photovoltaic cell panels.
Very close to where the Baker-to-Vegas foot relay race is run. Stopped by to investigate. Very impressive and it appears to be in the right location.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous #1,
ReplyDeleteI plan to be back through there in a couple of weeks (middle of June 2012) and snap an updated image and post it on this blog with a link-thru on this page.
Kimmer
Too bad this 30-year-old technology wasn't developed 40 years ago. It is hard to believe that this is less expensive than amorphous thin-film solar panels. Every mirror needs a 2-axis tracking motor. It makes steam to power turbines, even older technology. When the majority of power is needed after the sun goes down it produces nothing. Solar energy is a dead end, the kind of "alternate energy" Big Oil has permitted, whereas real Free Energy, coming soon from extraterrestrial sources, will make this nonsense seem quite silly. Likewise, this is more centralized Big Company energy that has to be distributed over wires. Not impressive to this observer, sorry to say.
ReplyDeleteZuvrick. Lighten up.
ReplyDeleteBill Gates and Steve Jobs have changed Computer history completely. But the interesting part is who is known as father of computers- Charles Baggage did not know that he would make an important place in history with his invention. Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space. Simple computers are small enough to fit into mobile device, and mobile computer can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icon of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "computers". It was a great invention of world history.
ReplyDeletehydro electric
hydro electric power
what is hydro electric
inventhistory
power generator
wind power generator
solar and power
electric transportation
LEDs are categorized in different types like miniature, mid range and high power according to their different sizes present in the market. These LEDs are considered to be the best source of light emission as these have a low wear and tear as compared to the other light emitting sources present in the market. LEDs when developed by Holonyak were developed to provide a simple and inexpensive way for computers to convey the information and then it was used in the portable calculators but now these LEDs are used from the coffee making machines to the 290 ft tall Reuters billboard in Times Square. Today these LEDs provide us an unmatched high quality and experience of TV watching by the LED televisions that are available in the market.
ReplyDeletehydro electric
hydro electric power
what is hydro electric
inventhistory
power generator
wind power generator
solar and power
electric transportation
Zuvrick represents the "Coast-To-Coast Am" crowd that is always talking about some impending announcement or development as it pertains to UFO's etc. which never come but they hope we all forget all their previous false pronouncements and facilitate that end by way of yet newer breathless prognostications of impending NASA announcements of such. As the old saying goes, you can fool some of the people all the time and all people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THESE SCI-FI LOOKING TOWERS WERE, I PASS THEM MONTHLY AS , I TRAVEL BETWEEN LAS VEGAS AND LOS ANGELES......THANKS FOR THE INFO !.......INTERESTING.
ReplyDeleteI seen it!
ReplyDeleteIt was Glowing a bright white light.
A solar cell is often a gadget that is certainly accustomed to digest energy in the sunshine so as to create temperature as well as oftentimes electrical energy. It's also referred to as the photo voltaic mobile or portable mainly because it is made of quite a few cellular material which have been accustomed to alter the actual light-weight in the sunshine in electrical energy. Really the only fresh material regarding these solar panel systems is the sunshine. it is produced such how the cellular material face sunlight so as to make it possible for maximum absorption of the the sun's rays. The harder the action in the sunshine is, a lot more the actual electrical energy that is certainly made. Solar power panels utilized in most homesteads on the globe greatly assist quite a few positives which have been much more compared to downsides. Many of these positives are usually discussed underneath.
ReplyDeleteThese panels are merely reflectors which direct solar radiation at the main towers at the center of each of the three arrays... different system entirely from what you are discussing. Heliostat panels versus photovoltaic cell panels.
ReplyDeleteI really like the information provided in this article. And I am happy to read like this thanks.
ReplyDelete