The construction images of the worlds largest solar facility has emerged.
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, is a solar thermal power project currently under construction in the California Mojave Desert, 40 miles (60 km) southwest of Las Vegas, with a planned capacity of 392 megawatts.
It will deploy 170,000 heliostat mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on centralized solar power towers
The project is developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel.
The project will cost $2.2 billion and the largest investor in the project is NRG Energy, a generating company based in Princeton, N.J. that has put in $300 million. The project has received a $1.375 billion loan guarantee from the United States Department of Energy. Google also has invested in this multi billion dollar initiative.
In February 2012, Ivanpah was awarded the CSP Project of the Year by Solar Power Generation USA.
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