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 |
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 |
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 |
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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