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  • Solar towers

    These three solar collectors were just installed in the Ivanpah Valley

    Tags: Solar, Ivanpah

  • Calif. solar energy farm blinds pilots-- Ken, you have to take your solar plant down

    Pilots flying in San Bernardino County, Calif., have complained that the fields of mirrors at the Ivanpah solar energy plant create a blinding glare, making it harder for them to spot other aircraft in the sky. "In my opinion the reflection from these mirrors was a hazard to flight becaus...

    Tags: Solar, Mirror, Pilot, Glare, Blind, Laser

  • Dwarfed by the vast desert

    Two trikes on the Ivanpah dry lake, near Primm Nevada. In the background you can see what is called ISEGS (pronounced Ice Eggs). I giant array of three "power tower" concentrating mirror fields.

    Tags: solar, dry lake, ivanpah, northwing, vegas, featured

  • Green energy

    Silver state solar facility off the bow, Ivanpah dry lake in the distance

    Tags: solar, desert, Mojave, Vegas, Northwing

  • Solar Towers

    A snapshot from a Contour HD video camera of the ISEGS solar facility in Ivanpah valley CA, near Primm NV. Video snapshot was taken with VLC

    Tags: vegas, solar, camera, video snapshot

  • Sunseeker Duo

    The Duo has a big but not inordinately so wingspan of 22 meters.  At just over 600 pounds empty weight, it doesn't have to work that hard at lifting itself.  With more than 1500 solar cells on the wings and tail, the Sunseeker Duo can put out 25kW of power and stay aloft for as l...

    Tags: soaring, sailplane, duo, solar, electric

  • Solar Impulse 2 lands in California after Pacific flight

    Not a trike but pretty darn cool nonetheless http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/travel/solar-impulse-2-plane-california/ Did any of you over in Petaluma see the fly by? @hgdavis?

    Tags: solar