The IvanPah project - 375--400 Megawatts







Some project details:

• Total project cost about 2.2 Billion: $5.5 per watt
• Project footprint: 3500 acres = 14.2 km²: 28 MW per km
• Construction jobs: 2650 = 6.6 Jobs per MW
• Permanent jobs: 65 = 0.16 per MW

Besides the "scorched birds" issue, there are these other objections:



Marketing

Performance in the Real World

• 25% of predicted rate (this makes it really expensive now)
  
  
• 60% increase in use of Natural Gas in auxillary boilers to increase electricty production from Steam.
  
  
• Physics optics problems not looked into yet
  
  
• No energy storage because of no molten salts. Molten salts are coming to this project