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What I don't like about "cheerleading" articles like this is they didn't mention the problem installations such as Ivanpah. A few damning sentences from the Iva
by PhantomGremlin 10y ago
What I don't like about "cheerleading" articles like this is they didn't mention the problem installations such as Ivanpah. A few damning sentences from the Ivanpah Wiki:
In November 2014, Associated Press reported that the plant was producing only "about half of its expected annual output". The California Energy Commission issued a statement blaming this on "clouds, jet contrails and weather".
When you're blaming "jet contrails" for your problems, there's a whole lot of hurt being swept under the rug.
- chongli 10y agoIn other words, they're admitting they made some drastic overestimations in their model. They are human beings after all. How many solar thermal plants have been built before? How much experience do we have with estimating their output?
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoHow many solar thermal plants have been built before? CSP has been around for a while, but not many plants have been built in the USA. Those that have been built haven't done all too well. Here's a plant that was operational from 1982 to 1986: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solar_Project#Solar_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solar_Project#Solar_One The most memorable thing about it was you could easily see it from airplanes flying in and out of SoCal.