From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

“The energy-water nexus is going to be of increasing importance” in the future, ... The 3,500 acre facility—large enough to be visible from orbit—is located in Ivanpah Dry Lake, Calif., ...

Looking across the Ivanpah Dry Lake Bed in the early summer, ... "It's 10 times easier than sailing on the water," Lyons said. "It's much less technical and more intuitive.

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System ... Calif., in Ivanpah Dry Lake. ... Water inside the boilers is heated to 1,005F, ...

The Mojave Desert's dry Ivanpah lake bed shimmers under a vicious solar glare creating the illusion of water. Piercing the mirage are dozens of sails -- a vast array of colour streaking over a ...

The world’s largest solar thermal plant, Ivanpah, reached a major milestone this month as it achieved its first “flux”. Over 1000 heliostats (plane mirrors that reflect sunlight towards a ...

Sometimes, government makes a bad bet. Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...