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Released September 25, 2012 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The world's largest concentrated solar power project, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station (ISEGS), which is under construction in the California Mojave Desert, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, has reached the halfway point in the ongoing construction phase, according to project developers BrightSource Energy (Oakland, California), NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) (Princeton, New Jersey), Google Incorporated (NASDAQ:GOOG) (Mountain View, California) and Bechtel Group (San Francisco, California).
The 392-megawatt (MW) multi-phase project, which is located on 3,500 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, will deploy 170,000 heliostat mirrors focusing sun thermal energy on boilers located on a centralized power tower. They will create steam to drive three Siemens Steam Turbine Generators with Siemens distributed control systems. There is a significant difference between a conventional steam turbine and the ISEGS. Instead of using fossil fuel to power the steam turbine generator, the station will use solar energy from sunlight, which will create steam to drive the steam turbine generators. This will create enough power to light up 140,000 homes and businesses in California. It also will help the state meet its Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard requirements by 2020.
There are about 2,100 people employed that are constructing the massive renewable energy project, which initially started construction in October 2010 and is scheduled for completion by late 2013.
With an estimated cost of more than $2 billion and the U.S. Department of Energy backing $1.63 billion through a loan guarantee, this is also one of the most expensive solar power projects in the world.
Power generated from the project will be sold to Pacific Gas and Electric (San Francisco, California) and Southern California Edison (Rosemead, California), when the project is operational.
The solar heliostats mirrors will be installed on 173,000 pylons, in order to reflect the heat from the sun toward the solar receiver that is mounted on top of the tower. ISEGS will use computerized controllers to adjust the mirror's reflective angle, resulting in high-pressure steam at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Globally concentrated solar power technology is expected to grow to 147 gigawatts by the year 2020 and to 337 gigawatts by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
The 392-megawatt (MW) multi-phase project, which is located on 3,500 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, will deploy 170,000 heliostat mirrors focusing sun thermal energy on boilers located on a centralized power tower. They will create steam to drive three Siemens Steam Turbine Generators with Siemens distributed control systems. There is a significant difference between a conventional steam turbine and the ISEGS. Instead of using fossil fuel to power the steam turbine generator, the station will use solar energy from sunlight, which will create steam to drive the steam turbine generators. This will create enough power to light up 140,000 homes and businesses in California. It also will help the state meet its Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard requirements by 2020.
There are about 2,100 people employed that are constructing the massive renewable energy project, which initially started construction in October 2010 and is scheduled for completion by late 2013.
With an estimated cost of more than $2 billion and the U.S. Department of Energy backing $1.63 billion through a loan guarantee, this is also one of the most expensive solar power projects in the world.
Power generated from the project will be sold to Pacific Gas and Electric (San Francisco, California) and Southern California Edison (Rosemead, California), when the project is operational.
The solar heliostats mirrors will be installed on 173,000 pylons, in order to reflect the heat from the sun toward the solar receiver that is mounted on top of the tower. ISEGS will use computerized controllers to adjust the mirror's reflective angle, resulting in high-pressure steam at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Globally concentrated solar power technology is expected to grow to 147 gigawatts by the year 2020 and to 337 gigawatts by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
