Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project Part 1: The Facility

Take a look inside the first commercial-scale solar energy plant to use nothing more than the sun, molten salt, and a whole lot of mirrors to send power to the people. If the Crescent Dunes Solar

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada powers up to 75,000 homes during peak electricity periods. So how does it work? The project uses 17,500 heliostat mirrors to collect and focus the sun''s thermal energy to heat molten salt flowing through a 540-foot (160 m) tall solar power tower. The molten salt then circulates from the tower to a storage tank where it

Celebrating the Potential of Energy Storage Technology

When ramp-up is complete, Crescent Dunes is expected to have 10 hours of storage, making it one of the first U.S. power plants to deploy "nighttime solar." Crescent Dunes is a great example of how the Department''s investments in innovative clean energy take groundbreaking ideas and make them a commercial reality.

New Concentrating Solar Tower Is Worth Its Salt with 24/7 Power

Crescent Dunes, the flagship project of Santa Monica–based firm SolarReserve, has achieved what engineers and proponents of renewable energy have struggled with for decades: providing cheap

SolarReserve Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project under construction is 1,619 acres and is located within the range of the Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab and Crescent Dunes serican scarab. Construction will remove approximately 1,500 acres or 2.3 sq miles, which is 10 percent of the total range of the Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab and 11 percent of

8-month outage ends at solar plant near Tonopah

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, 15 miles northwest of Tonopah, is fully online and generating electricity for the first time in more than eight months, officials said. Severts deferred questions about Crescent Dunes Solar Project''s operational status, citing confidentiality agreements that NV Energy has with all of its 49 long

An Overview of Heliostats and Concentrating Solar Power

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project (Figure 5) and Ivanpah Solar Power Facility (Figure 6). Crescent Dunes was designed with a capacity of 110MW and resides on 1,670 acres, including 296 acres of heliostats, each sized 115m2. Crescent Dunes has a 200m receiver tower and incorporated thermal energy storage via molten salt tank (Figures 9).

EIS-0454: Tonopah Solar Energy Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

: Tonopah Solar Energy Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nye County, NV The documents included on the Environmental Compliance Division webpages have been posted to comply with applicable environmental requirements as part of LPO''s due diligence process for issuing a Department of Energy loan or loan guarantee.

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nevada

The Crescent Dunes solar energy project was approved by the US Department of Interior in December 2010. The project began in August 2011 with limited construction activities. An official ground breaking ceremony was held in September 2011. The project attained a major construction milestone in February 2012, when erection of the central

USA: Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project CSP Tower 110MW

Project Overview Power Station:Crescent Dunes Solar Energy ProjectLocation:TonopahNevada United StatesOwners (%):SolarReserveTechnologyPower TowerSolar Resource:2734Nominal Capacity:110 MWStatusOperationalStart Year:2015 Background Break Ground Date2011Expected Generation (GWh/year)500Lat/Long

Concentrating Solar Power | NREL

SolarReserves Crescent Dunes CSP Project, near Tonopah, Nevada, has an electricity generating capacity of 110 MW. Photo from SolarReserve Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provide scientific, engineering, and analytical expertise to advance innovation in concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies.

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

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The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatt (MW) and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy storage located near Tonopah, about 190 miles (310 km) northwest of Las Vegas. Crescent Dunes is the first commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plant with a central receiver tower and advanced molten salt energy storage technol

Records shed light on Crescent Dunes solar plant in Nye County

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah had no energy sales during the second quarter of this year, following the first quarter''s similar path, a recently released federal report indicates. In June, NV Energy official Mark Severts had deferred questions about Crescent Dunes Solar Project''s operational status, citing

SolarReserve Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project under construction is 1,619 acres and is located within the range of the Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab and Crescent Dunes serican scarab. Construction will remove approximately 1,500 acres or 2.3 sq miles, which is 10 percent of the total range of the Crescent Dunes aegialian scarab and 11 percent of

Nevada Solar Project Operator Wins Approval for Chapter 11

The Crescent Dunes solar project uses mirrors to focus the sun''s rays on a stream of superheated liquid to power steam generators, but the project hit technical setbacks. Photo: United States

Concentrating solar power tower technology: present status and

MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project [44, 45], the only other project of reasonable size in the world featuring the CSP ST technology and currently operational, had a cost of 975 m$ 2015 values, corresponding to 1,015 m$ of 2017. This corresponds to 8,864 $/kW 2015 values or 9,227 $/kW 2017 values.

Crescent Dunes concentrating solar plant begins producing

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy, a 110 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity plant, began full operation in February, according to its press release.Crescent Dunes uses an energy storage system that developers expect will be able to store enough thermal energy to generate electricity for up to 10 hours after sunset or on cloudy days when

Will DOE take the Crescent Dunes solar project into bankruptcy?

According to reporting by the lawsuit, NV Energy has terminated its power purchase agreement with Crescent Dunes after the project failed to generate the required amount of electricity. Crescent Dunes appears to have struggled for some time; despite signing an engineering, procurement and construction agreement in 2011, the plant only

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

ft tall solar power tower at Crescent Dunes project is the tallest in the world. It was erected in February 2012. Solar power distribution from the Crescent Dunes project. NV Energy will purchase 480,000MWh of electricity per annum for

A $1 Billion Solar Plant Was Obsolete Before It Ever Went Online

The Crescent Dunes solar plant looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Ten thousand mirrors form a spiral almost 2 miles wide that winds around a skyscraper rising above the desert between Las

Issuance of a Loan Guarantee to Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC, for

The environmental impacts of construction and start-up of the Project were analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC, Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nye County, Nevada (75 FR 70917, November 19, 2010) (FEIS), prepared by BLM with DOE as a cooperating agency. BLM consulted DOE during the

SolarReserve''s Crescent Dunes Solar Power Plant With Energy

U.S.-developed technology at Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project leads energy storage revolution for solar industry. News provided by. SolarReserve Dec 01, 2014, 10:00 ET. Share this article.

CRESCENT DUNES PROJECT OVERVIEW

THE CRESCENT DUNES SOLAR ENERGY PLANT Location: Tonopah, Nevada Technology: CSP with Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage Size: 110 MW facility output Storage: 10 hours full load storage Electricity Production: more than 500,000 MW-hours annually Power Purchaser: NV Energy (25-year contract)

Federal Register :: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nye County,...

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy

The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a 110 megawatt (MW) solar thermal power project with 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy storage, located near Tonopah, about 190 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Crescent Dunes was the first concentrated solar power (CSP) plant with a central receiver tower and advanced molten salt energy storage technology