PROJECT

Ivanpah Solar Thermal Power Facility

The largest solar thermal power tower facility in the world, Ivanpah covers 3,500 acres of public desert.

The 377-MW plant is a three-unit power system that features 170,000 heliostats, each focusing sunlight onto a solar steam generator mounted nearly 400 feet above the desert. The recipient of $1.6 billion in Department of Energy loan guarantees, the largest of such awards to date, this plant doubles the world’s existing solar thermal capacity.

Burns & McDonnell was the owner’s engineer, providing services that included a due diligence review, design reviews, submittal reviews, construction administration, resident engineering and quality assurance auditing, along with the installation of three solar thermal power blocks.

Client

NRG Energy

Location

Nipton, California

Region

Southwest

Service

Solar

Industry

Power