World's Largest Solar Project

[womanofthehills]

World's Largest Solar Project Would Generate Electricity 24 Hours a Day, Power 1 Million U.S. Homes

The race to build the world's largest solar power plant is heating up. California-based energy company SolarReserve announced plans for a massive concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Nevada that claims to be the largest of its kind once built.

SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the $5 billion endeavor would generate between 1,500 and 2,000 megawatts of power, enough to power about 1 million homes. That amount of power is as much as a nuclear power plant, or the 2,000-megawatt Hoover Dam and far bigger than any other existing solar facility on Earth, the Review-Journal pointed out.
http://www.ecowatch.com/worlds-largest-solar-project-nevada-2041546638.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb

[tonyt53]

1. Read an article a few years ago about molten salts and their heat storage capabilities.

They are cheap to produce. This type of storage is akin to a combined cycle gas-fired power generator. Except this type of system uses only the secondary heat from the combustion to make steam. Very effective and very doable. It will even work on cold days.

[pokerfan]

2. 24 Hours a Day?

Cool.

[KelleyKramer]

3. Wow, enough power for 1 million homes