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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:57 am
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The IVANPAH Solar plant went online today. It's the worl'ds largest
Take 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, each 7 feet high and 10 feet wide, shine sunlight onto a central tower.
That's enough to power 140,000 homes. It cost over 3 billion to build. Expensive... but clean. The plant is zero emission. It saves 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road. And it will be used as playing ground for testings new solar technologies. It's also great progress towards energy Independence. It is estimated to eliminate over $50 billion over foreign oil imports.
And with Google being a part of the project, of course there is a streetview-like virtual tour
http://www.ivanpahsolar.com/virtualtour/
The IVANPAH Solar plant went online today. It's the worl'ds largest
Take 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, each 7 feet high and 10 feet wide, shine sunlight onto a central tower.
That's enough to power 140,000 homes. It cost over 3 billion to build. Expensive... but clean. The plant is zero emission. It saves 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road. And it will be used as playing ground for testings new solar technologies. It's also great progress towards energy Independence. It is estimated to eliminate over $50 billion over foreign oil imports.
And with Google being a part of the project, of course there is a streetview-like virtual tour
http://www.ivanpahsolar.com/virtualtour/