I hope that someone (Faraday Future, Tesla Motors, Apple) buys these things or The company. They should, right?
Sent from some iDevice. Written by Esa. > On 30 Dec 2015, at 02:41, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OOPS DEFAULT > > http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/15/nrg-ivanpah-faces-chance-of-default-PGE-contract > > > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is a 110 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) project in Nevada, with a >> central tower, on 1,600 acres of land. The tower approach is more efficient >> and cheaper than the troughs that were common 20 years ago. They recently >> finished erecting the tower. See: >> >> http://www.tonopahsolar.com/pdfs/FactSheet_CrescentDunes.pdf >> >> http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/06/u-s-solar-industry-posts-solid-q1-with-506-mw-installed >> >> 1.1 GW of CSP plants are now under construction. I think the nameplate >> versus actual ratio is better than wind, so this represents roughly half of >> an average nuclear plant (which is 0.9 GW). >> >> Solar availability and peak power are much better than solar in the >> southwest because the peak coincides with the highest demand, mainly for >> airconditioning. Demand at night is always much lower anyway. CSP does not >> drop when there is temporary cloud cover. It will be able to store the >> energy, even for use at night. That is a big advantage of CSP over PV solar. >> The working fluid is molten salt at 1050 deg F = 566 deg C. >> >> - Jed >
