Looks like the idea of using heliostat for electricity is getting worse.
When I reported on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System last June, we were waiting for it to begin delivering 377 MW of electricity to PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) customers. The plant, which was built by Bechtel, uses more than 170,000 mirrors (that’s NOT a typo) to concentrate the sun’s energy on three (3) solar steam generators some 450 feet up in the air. That steam runs generators to produce electricity for PG&E customers.
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