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Power block of the Crescent Dunes Solar concentrated solar power plant near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

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2015-10-09

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Photographer's note: "Aerial photograph of the power block of the Crescent Dunes Solar concentrated solar power plant near Tonopah, Nevada, USA, includes a 540 foot (165 meter) concrete tower topped by a black solar receiver, two large tanks for molten salt storage (one "cooler" at approximately 550°F / 288°C and one hot at approximately 1050°F / 566°C), a steam turbine generator, and an air-cooled condenser. On this day, the system was being tested by heating molten salt at the top of the glowing tower to 1050°F (566°C), then using the resultant thermal energy to drive steam turbines, which in turn sent electrical power to the Nevada grid.."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; aerial; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; molten salt; renewable energy; storage; tower."

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20151009_CP_13311_P
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    20151009_CP_13311_P. Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection, October 9, 2015. PH-00380. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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    This material is protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Jamey Stillings and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested. Commercial use of any portion of this material is prohibited. Contact the copyright owner, Jamey Stillings, for more information.

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    2015-10-09

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