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Major Solar Thermal Power Stations in USA

After late 2000 rising cost of energy and growing cost of crude oil, US has decided to invest considerable money on major renewal power generation systems. Solar energy has gotton wide acceptance in "desert" like regions of southwest US. Following are are list of major solar thermal power station in construction or in planning phase. Our wish is the regional governments and states get the money to implement those modernizing and urgent need to become energy independence. Those project listed below will generate clean energy jobs and reduce dependency on foreign oil at the same time reduce ever need to offshore drilling that cost the environmental catestrophy.

MW

Name

State

Location

Technology

968

Solar Millenium Blythe

California

Kern County

solar trough

850

SES Solar One
(Calico Solar Plant)

California

San Bernardino County

stirling engine

750

SES Solar Two

California

San Bernardino County

stirling engine

553

Mojave Solar Park

California

San Bernardino County

parabolic trough

500

Fort Irwin

California

San Bernardino County

unnamed solar thermal
technology, military

484

Solar Millenium Palen

California

Kern County

solar trough

440

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

California

San Bernardino County

power tower

340

Hualapai Valley Solar Project

Arizona

Mohave County

parabolic trough

300

Unnamed

Florida

 

fresnel reflector

290

Agua Caliente Solar Project

Arizona

Yuma County

parabolic trough

280

Solana Generating Station

Arizona

West of Gila Bend, AZ

parabolic trough

250

Beacon Solar Energy Project

California

Kern County

parabolic trough

250

Harper Lake Solar

California

San Bernardino County

solar trough

250

Amargosa Solar Power Project

Nevada

Amargosa Desert, Nye County

parabolic trough

250

Project Genesis

California

Riverside County

solar trough

242

Solar Millenium Ridgecrest

California

Kern County

solar trough

200

Unnamed Kingman solar project

Arizona

Mohave County

parabolic trough

200

BrightSource PPA5

California

Mojave

power tower

200

BrightSource PPA6

California

Mojave

power tower

200

BrightSource PPA7

California

Mojave

power tower

150

Rice Solar Energy Project

California

Riverside County

power tower

107

San Joaquin Solar 1&2

California

Fresno County

parabolic trough hybrid
with biomass

100

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

Nevada

Nye County

power tower

92

Suntower

New Mexico

Doña Ana County

solar tower

92

Alpine SunTower

California

Lancaster

solar tower

84

eSolar1

California

Los Angeles County

solar tower

66

eSolar 2

California

Los Angeles County

solar tower

62

City of Palmdale Hybrid Power Project

California

Palmdale

parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant

59

Unnamed

California

Barstow

parabolic trough with heat storage

50

Victorville 2 Hybrid Power Project

California

Victorville

parabolic trough steam input for hybrid gas plant

50

Sound Hybrid G

Southwest

Unannounced

hybrid

9659

Overall capacity announced in the USA

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