Solar Power In The Desert

By kyla mandel the mojave desert straddling california and nevada has been called the saudi arabia of solar power.

Solar power in the desert.

The ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert. Pv solar panels in the desert the amerisolar pv solar panels for desert area are a particular type of solar panels made for specific area of the planet such as desert or savanna where climatic conditions are very hard. There are also plans to build other large solar plants in the mojave desert. A similar claim is that covering 0 6 of the nation s land with solar panels could power the entire country.

The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts mw. It s a clean energy developer s dream. It has been said that all of the us could be powered by a solar array covering 100 x 100 square miles in the desert linked to storage batteries covering 1 x 1 square mile. It is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada.

Our solar panels have successfully passed the most important test report blowing sand. If every drop of sunshine that hits the sahara was converted into energy the desert would produce enough electricity over any given period to power europe 7 000 times over. This is again a big number that requires some context.