Solar Power

I have been absent from posting for a week but I haven't been absent from learning about Solar Power as I said last week was going to be a new area for me. This is a brief post about a solor power plant in Nevada. The Nellis Solar Power Plant is located on Nellis Air Force Base just north of Las Vegas. The plant supplies about a quarter of the power for the base. Solar power is literally the perfect fit for an area of high energy consumption (think air-conditioned casinos, neon lights, massive hotels) and an abundance of sunny days in the desert!

This array has 70000 panels and they rotate to follow the sun and maximize power throughout the day. Here is the brief White House press release when President Obama visited the plant in 2009, there are a few more statistics there.