LOS ANGELES, Feb 15 (Xinhua): The world's largest solar power plant of its type is now delivering electricity to California customers, Jeff Holland, spokesperson for NRG Energy, told Xinhua Friday.
At full capacity, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System produces a gross total of 392 megawatts of solar power, enough electricity for 140,000 California homes, and would avoid 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to removing 72,000 vehicles off the road.
Ivanpah, which accounts for nearly 30 per cent of all solar thermal energy currently operational in the United States, is for now the largest solar project in the world. The complex is sprawling across roughly 3,500 acres of land near the California-Nevada border, four times the size of New York's Central Park, Holland said.
Largest solar power plant delivers electricity to California
FE Team | Published: February 16, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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