How does solar power plant in the world's largest

• How does the solar power plant in the world's largest

In California, solar power "Ivanpah" largest in the world was launched in the Mojave Desert area of ​​almost 13 square meters. km. The project amounted to $ 2.2 billion consists of three plants and almost 350 thousand mirrors, heliostats.

We go to California to get acquainted with this miracle of technology.

The world's largest solar power plant "Ivanpah" is located 64 kilometers from Las Vegas. As already mentioned, it consists of 350 thousand mirrors, heliostats

The heliostat - a device capable of turning a mirror to direct the sun's rays constantly in one direction, despite the apparent daily motion of the sun.

3 heliostat field is surrounded by a 40-storey tower-power. The mirrors focus sunlight on boilers, towers are on top (see title picture). Steam is generated, which drives turbines. So there is electrical energy, which is enough to power 140,000 houses in California.

Output power the world's largest solar power plant is nearly 392 MW.

Heliostats Ivanpah solar power plant

As can be seen, it consists of two heliostat mirrors and the control mechanism. The number of such heliostats here - 173 500 pieces. Accordingly, the mirror 2 times more.

At the bottom of each of the three power plants are cooling systems. Above - a steam boiler.

Power Management item.

Graphic management system the world's largest solar power plant Ivanpah.

Cars on the road to realize the scale.

Two of the three power plants. It is seen as the steam is generated in boilers from solar energy, the focused heliostats.

Since lights tower solar receiver with boilers inside.

Aerial view of one of the mirror fields to the power station in the middle.

As already mentioned, all are 3 fields heliostats.

Construction of the solar power plant "Ivanpah" is part of the state program, which the United States intends to 2020 to transfer a third of the volume of produced energy from renewable sources.