mirror Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 22 May 2016 21:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ivanpah, World’s Largest Solar Power Plant, Catches Fire https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ivanpah-solar-plant-fire-20160523/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ivanpah-solar-plant-fire-20160523/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 21:24:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59947 The generator at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California caught fire from a misaligned mirror that directed sunlight at the power plant’s wires. Luckily, no injuries ensued and workers shut down one of the boilers for later repairs. On the downside, exactly how California’s electricity supply will be affected is unknown, being […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ivanpah-solar-plant-fire-20160523/feed/ 0 59947 How Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrators Work https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work-20080225/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work-20080225/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:35:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/25/how-solar-parabolic-dish-concentrators-work/ Parabolic dish concentrating systems use parabolic dish shaped mirrors to focus the incoming solar radiation onto a receiver that is positioned at the focal point of the dish, like it’s illustrated in the image below: The fluid in the receiver is heated to very high temperatures of about 750oC. This fluid is then used to […]

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