GENERATION PLANTS

 

 

SolarReserve_Rocketdyne

 

Geometry

Overall Dimension: 12.8m x 0.91m (115.7m² aperture area)

Number of mirror facet: 35

Number of mirror facet along the horizontal direction and vertical direction : 7 x 5

Mirror facet dimension: 1.82m x 1.82m

 

 

Components:

Mirror facet developer: Flabeg Solar

 

 

 

Commercial application

Plant 1: Crescent Dunes Solar Energy

 

Photo: by Dennis Schroeder / NREL

 

Photo: by Dennis Schroeder / NREL

 

 

Resources:

[1] https://solarpaces.nrel.gov/project/crescent-dunes-solar-energy-project
[2] Sullivan, Robert, and Jennifer Abplanalp. Visibility and visual characteristics of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy power tower facility. ANL/EVS-17/4. Argonne, IL: Argonne National Laboratory, April. https://www. researchgate. net/publication/316193830_Visibility_and_Visual_ Characteristics_of_the_Crescent_Dunes_Solar_ Energy_Power_Tower_Facility, 2017.