Solar Power In The 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.

Solar power in the desert.

A similar claim is that covering 0 6 of the nation s land with solar panels could power the entire country. The ivanpah solar electric generating system is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the mojave desert. There are also plans to build other large solar plants in the mojave desert. Vast open lands roughly equal in size to the entire state of new mexico with an endless bounty of heat from the sun.

It means that a hypothetical solar farm that covered the entire desert would produce 2 000 times more energy than even the largest power stations in the world which generate barely 100 000 gwh a year. 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. The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts mw. Our solar panels have successfully passed the most important test report blowing sand.

It s a clean energy developer s dream. By kyla mandel the mojave desert straddling california and nevada has been called the saudi arabia of solar power. It is located at the base of clark mountain in california across the state line from primm nevada.