Fatal flaw: Lock mirrors in the morning for maintenance or lose power to mirror motors but the sun keeps rising, thus the focal focal point of up to 300 MW's of thermal flux moves down the tower, torching it. Enough heat to collapse a tower under the right conditions.
http://solarindustrymag.com/update-nrg-confirms-cause-of-fire-at-ivanpah-solar-plant On Friday, May 27, 2016, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh noes, solar power incident results in ..... burnt tower. This is > why solar power is the solution to everything. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:31 AM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cheme...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Oops, Default >> >> Oops, Fire >> >> >> http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/ivanpah-solar-plant-catches-fire-but-taxpayers-get-burned/ >> >> Oops >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jedrothw...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >>> I wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The taxpayers will get their money back eventually. The power companies >>>> are not going to stop buying electricity from this installation. They may >>>> renegotiate the price . . . >>>> >>> >>> Source: >>> >>> I think I read this at Renewable Energy World, but I cannot find the >>> article. Anyway, that is the usual arrangement. Since the machine is up and >>> running, and making a profit on current operations, the taxpayers should be >>> reimbursed. The owners may face bankruptcy. >>> >>> http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/index.html >>> >>> The article went on to say this is quite different from the situation at >>> Solyndra. There was no revenue stream when Solyndra went bankrupt. They did >>> not have anything up and running. >>> >>> When a company goes bankrupt, if there are parts of the company which >>> are making a current profit, the courts are careful to keep those parts in >>> business. They try not to sell off assets or do anything else which will >>> disrupt those parts and stop the flow of income. They try not to cause more >>> unemployment than necessary. On the other hand, they direct the current >>> profit flow to the creditors, and away from stockholders. When Uncle Sam is >>> among the creditors or unpaid vendors, he always goes to the front of the >>> line. That's how it works. >>> >>> The Solyndra bankruptcy has been called a scandal. It is not a scandal. >>> Any investment can go south. Many governments supported ventures have >>> failed. In this case, the Solyndra portion of the fund failed but overall >>> the fund did exceptionally well and made a ton of money for the taxpayers. >>> You might argue that the Federal government should not be investing in >>> technology. That might appeal to purists who think the government should >>> play no role in the economy, but as I have often pointed out, the >>> government has played a leading role since the construction of the Erie >>> Canal, and in ever major technology since then. If it had not, I expect the >>> U.S. would have lost the Civil War, WWI and WWII. >>> >>> Since most Federal money goes to conventional technology such as coal >>> and oil, I do not think the industry should complain. >>> >>> - Jed >>> >>> >> >
