17/02/2014
Inaugurated in the U.S. the Ivanpah Solar
It is located in the Mojave Desert and occupies an area of 1,3 square miles of federal land near the border between California and Nevada the largest solar thermal power plant in the world. . The complex cost $ 2.2 billion is capable of producing nearly 400 megawatts , enough energy to power 140 thousand homes,work began in October 2010 and involved about 3 thousand people.
Among the curiosities is a list of the owners, in addition to two energy companies that includes Google. Solar energy is collected about 350 thousand mirrors controlled by computers, each 2 meters high and 3 wide , which change position to follow the movement of the Sun, like the sunflowers. Solar energy is then conveyed to a receiver placed on a tower 140 meters high , which generates electricity through a turbine. At full capacity will allow a saving of emissions equivalent to 400 thousand tons of carbon dioxide a year
