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Category Archives: Concentrated Solar Power
Solar Thermal ESOI (Energy Stored on Invested)
Barton, N. April 17, 2013. ESOI for solar thermal. http://sunoba.blogspot.com/2013/04/esoi-for-solar-thermal.html Published information is available to evaluate the ESOI score for the most common solar thermal storage technology – a molten 60-40 mixture of sodium and potassium nitrates, commonly known as … Continue reading
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Ivanpah Biggest solar power plant ever – $2.2 billion for only 100 MW
The $2.2 billion dollar Ivanpah Solar power plant generates 100 MW of power when you take the 25% capacity into account (not 400 MW). That’s enough power for 25,000 to 50,000 homes (not 140,000 as claimed). There are 116,700,000 households … Continue reading
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Solar 1 and 2 in the United States
Howard Hayden estimates Solar Two would need to take up 127 square miles to produce as much energy as a 1000-MWe power plant does in one year. (Solar Fraud, p. 187). According to Robert Bradley Jr, Solar One was very … Continue reading
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A Huge Solar Plant Opens, Facing Doubts About Its Future
A Huge Solar Plant Opens, Facing Doubts About Its Future By DIANE CARDWELL and MATTHEW L. WALD FEB. 13, 2014. New York Times. The Ivanpah solar power plant: Cost $2.2 billion dollars to build Can energize 140,000 homes ($15,714 per … Continue reading
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