Comments on: North America’s Largest Solar-Electric Plant Switched On

By: Spotlight on Nevada, Home of the Largest Solar Power Plant in North America « Design for Sustainability

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:51:58 +0000

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By: jesse

jesse — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:57:29 +0000

And actually, it costs about the same as what building a new nuclear plant would costs, on a $/megawatt basis. Though typically, when a nuclear facility is built, they build them for around $1 billion.

By: 3G® Tracker

3G® Tracker — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:39:07 +0000

$1 million savings? The Nellis Air Force Base could have saved $220, 000!

…if they used the 3G® Tracker, a Chinese patent that delivers up to 44 percent (44%) more energy than fixed photovoltaic systems.

The uniquely designed sensor of this system, which won a Chinese patent in 2004, drives an AC/DC motor that intelligently pivots and tilts the PV arrays to face the sun in all directions throughout the day with no weather limitations. The tracking sensitivity of the product is 0.1 to 2 degrees (adjustable), and the searching scope is within a 180-degree horizontal angle and 90-degree elevation angle. Also, the system consumes less than 1‰ of the PV output to operate. The 3G® is solely owned by an individual, and the owner is seeking a patent transfer or other forms of partnership with a company or other individuals. For more information, email to 3g.tracker@gmail.com

By: Mahmoud

Mahmoud — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:44:14 +0000

This method of generating power is still very expensive to be used of a wide scale. Prices of solar panels should drop to 1$/W or less to become a real competitor to conventional power generating methods.

By: irsalan aziz

irsalan aziz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:47:51 +0000

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By: ishtiaq butt

ishtiaq butt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:41:02 +0000

Dear sir,

I visited your website and astonished to read about solar technology. Kindly advise our country king to adopt solar system to fulfil our electricity requirements.

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By: coal_burner

coal_burner — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:02:04 +0000

The numbers just don’t add up (or multiply out). If the plant produces 30 million KWH per year, and the air force save 6.8 cents per KWH, then the air force is saving 2.04 million dollars per year not 1 million.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:02:29 +0000

There are better ways to capture Solar output and store it as a bio degradable liquid the environment can handle if it were spilled. Even one way to clean up our rivers as a bonus.

Google “Ten Sections Per County” using the quotes provided.

Enough energy to power nearly every U.S. auto and much of what the USAF flies for a little over a dollar a gallon, not counting distribution costs and of course, taxes would be extra.

By: TIM HALE

TIM HALE — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:38:22 +0000

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By: Deep Patel

Deep Patel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:14:55 +0000

I wonder why they did not use CSP (concentrated solar power for this versus solar pv for this large project. The cost per watt installed would of been less and they would of generated more energy from the space they have.

-Deep Patel
http://www.gogreensolar.com