1. IVANPAH SOLAR POWER
PLANT
TAYLOR LESZCZYNSKI JANUARY 22, 2015
VICKI WELTON PM3220
JEREMY HEINZ

2. INTRODUCTION
Solar Power is a popular concept in California;
with over 1,008 power plants their newest Plant
Ivanpah has become the largest Solar Power
Plant in the world.

3. WHAT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE?
• A structure or facility used for:
• The operation of a society or enterprise
• Generally buildings, roads, and power supplies

4. HOW IS IT AN INFRASTRUCTURE?
• Ivanpah is a
• Power source
• Essential for energy use in California
• Helps provide 70% of energy to the states

5. WHY WAS IT BUILT?
• To Upgrade the Plants we know today
• it represented a number of significant milestones:
• The largest solar thermal plant in the world
• The first large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) project in the U.S.
to employ power tower technology,
• The biggest project funded to date by the Department of Energy’s
(DOE’s) Loan Projects Office (LPO).

6. HISTORY OF SOLAR POWER
• The origin for the idea of Solar Power was from the Industrial
Revolution
• The earliest known record of the direct conversion of solar
radiation into mechanical power belongs to Auguste Mouchout
• Who begin this work in 1860
• The beginning of a long chain of events that brought on the Solar Power
Craze

7. HOW A POWER PLANT WORKS

8. EFFECTIVENESS IN AMERICA
• Solar power is more affordable, accessible, and prevalent in the
United States than ever before.
• Since 2008, U.S. installations have grown thirteen-fold from
1.2 gigawatts (GW) to an estimated 15.9 GW today.
• California wants to make 1/3 of its renewable energy solar by
2020

9. EFFECTIVENESS IN THE WORLD
• UK
• Cut your electricity bills.
• Get paid for the electricity you generate.
• Sell electricity back to the grid.
• Cut your carbon footprint.
The UK is starting a reward program for the use of Renewable Energy.

10. SOLAR ENERGY
PROS
• Renewable
• Abundant
• Sustainable
• Environmentally Friendly
• Good Availability
• Reduces Electricity Costs
• Many Applications
• Shared Solar
• Silent
• Financial Support from
Government/State
• Low Maintenance
• Technology is Improving
CONS
• Expensive
• Intermittent
• Energy Storage is Expensive
• Associated with Pollution
• Exotic Materials
• Requires Space

11. COMPARATIVE TO OTHER ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
PROS
• Well Developed
• Cheap and
Reliable
CONS
• Contribute to
Global Warming
• Non-Renewable
• Unsustainable
• Incentivized
• Accidents
Happen
WATER
PROS
• Green
• Renewable
• Reliable Area
Efficient
• Offshore Wave
Power
CONS
• Environmental
Effects
• Cost

12. COMPARATIVE TO OTHER ENERGY SOURCES
NUCLEAR
PROS
• Relatively
Low Costs
• Base Load Energy
• Low Pollution
• Thorium
• Sustainable?
• High Energy
Density
CONS
• Accidents
Happen
• Radioactive
Waste
WIND
PROS
• Green
• Renewable
• Space efficient
• Rapid Growth
• Prices are
decreasing
• Low Operational
Cost
• Good Domestic
Potential
CONS
• Unpredictable
• Costs
• Threat to Wildlife
• Noise
• Looks

13. IVANPAH POWER PLANT
• Opened December 2013
• The first renewable plant to receive POWER’s Plant of the Year
Award.
• Seven-year project

14. TIMELINE & PLANNING

15. LAYOUT

16. COST
• Bright source was approved a loan for
• 1.3 billon
• Eventually moved up to 1.6 billion
• Should recover 33% revenue
• By 2020
• NRG Energy help funding
• 300 million
• Google also participated in the funding
• 168 million
• Helped reached final money amount of
• 2.1 billion dollars

17. FUNDING
• The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Projects Office (LPO).
• Google
• Bechtel

18. WHAT ITS ACHIEVED
• Biggest Plant in California
• Produces power for over 140,000 homes
• Conservation
• Desert Tortoise
• 35 Million for protection
• Desert Fauna
• Anti-bird

19. 3 IN 1
• The three-unit site sprawls over 3,500 acres
• —nearly 5 miles from end to end
• near Nipton, Calif.
• about 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas
• The facility is large enough to be visible from orbit
• and the glow of the three power towers is visible from many miles away
when the units are online.

20. QUESTIONS
• Thank you for your time.