The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System consists of three plants, each of which contain ... These generate steam which drives steam turbines that produce energy. Together, they produce ...

The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that generates electricity in much the same fashion as coal and nuclear power plants ... to run a generator. Other solar technologies ...

When completed in late 2013, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will power ... than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and producing steam that spins turbines that generate electricity.

CSPs, which use mirrors to convert sunlight into steam that drives green electricity-generating turbines ... “We increase the yield of CSP solar power plants, and, in parallel, are responsible ...