Solar Power In The Desert

The ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert.

Solar power in the desert.

By kyla mandel the mojave desert straddling california and nevada has been called the saudi arabia of solar power. Vast open lands roughly equal in size to the entire state of new mexico with an endless bounty of heat from the sun. It has been said that all of the us could be powered by a solar array covering 100 x 100 square miles in the desert linked to storage batteries covering 1 x 1 square mile. A similar claim is that covering 0 6 of the nation s land with solar panels could power the entire country.

It is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada. It means that a hypothetical solar farm that covered the entire desert would produce 2 000 times more energy than even the largest power stations in the world which generate barely 100 000 gwh a year. The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts mw. Pv solar panels in the desert the amerisolar pv solar panels for desert area are a particular type of solar panels made for specific area of the planet such as desert or savanna where climatic conditions are very hard.

Our solar panels have successfully passed the most important test report blowing sand. It s a clean energy developer s dream. This is again a big number that requires some context.