Big Sun Sparkles In Nevada
The Burning Beauty of Solar Energy in the Nevada Desert
Charley Locke, September 21, 2016 (Wired)
“…[From high above, Nevada’s] Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Facility is a bright flash on the landscape [outside Tonapah]. You can really only appreciate its enormity from the ground: 1,670 acres of desert blanketed with 10,347 billboard-sized mirrors that generate enough electricity to power 75,000 homes…Each mirror is 37 feet wide and 24 feet tall, and focuses thermal energy on a tower filled with molten salt, which is used to generate steam, which spins turbines that generate electricity…” click here for more
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