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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
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A Bet on the Sun
A magnificent photojournalistic look at the world's largest solar field, Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which is being built by Bechtel.
New York Times, June 13, 2012
Additional Information
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System fact sheet
In the news
Ivanpah: Design & Integration of the World's Largest Solar Thermal Plant
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
June 2011
Bechtel Prepares for Ivanpah Construction
October 2010
Ivanpah Project Approved
September 2010
Ivanpah Project Receives Key Support
August 2010
Loan Guarantees Offered
February 2010
Project Details
LOCATION
Ivanpah, California
CUSTOMER
BrightSource Energy, NRG, and Google
Bechtel Business Unit
DESCRIPTION
Three solar thermal power plants with a combined generating capacity of about 392 megawatts
SCOPE OF WORK
Engineering, procurement, construction, and startup
SCHEDULE
2010―2013
ABOUT IVANPAH
Bechtel is partnering with Solar Partners on one of the most important projects yet in renewable energy.
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, in the Mojave Desert northwest of Needles, will be the first large-scale solar thermal project built in California in nearly two decades, and the largest of its kind in the world. It will generate enough electricity to power more than 140,000 homes and will nearly double the amount of commercial solar thermal electricity produced in the United States today.
Bechtel will provide engineering, procurement, construction, and startup services for Ivanpah.
The complex will consist of three separate plants using use BrightSource Energy’s Luz Power Tower (LPT) technology. It will displace 450,000 tons (408,000 metric tons) of carbon dioxide emissions per year— the equivalent of taking 70,000 cars off the road— while also reducing water use 90 percent by using a closed-loop dry-cooling technology.
The three plants will have a combined capacity of 392 megawatts of electricity, which will be provided to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison. Commencement of construction on the first plant was in October 2010, following permitting review by the California Energy Commission and the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. During construction, the project will employee 1400 skilled craft workers from the San Bernardino Building Trades. The plants are scheduled to come online in 2013.
JUNE 2011 IVANPAH SITE PROJECT STATUS
Ceremony Marks Ivanpah Groundbreaking
INNOVATION: BUILDING IVANPAH
Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel's Renewable Power business, discusses the Ivanpah Solar Generating System and the innovation needed to build the project. Watch the video below.
HIGHLIGHTS OF GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
John Woolard, Brightsource Energy CEO
Jim Ivany, operations manager Bechtel Renewable Power
Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel Renewable Power
B-roll of group holding up Ivanpah commemorative sign
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