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NRG’s Solar Thermal Power Project at Ivanpah Achieves Commercial Operation

Submitted by aburr on Tue, 2014-02-18 13:02

NRG Solar’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and delivering solar electricity to California customers. At full capacity, the facility produces a gross total of 392 MW. Ivanpah is a joint effort between NRG, Google, and BrightSource Energy and Bechtel is the EPC contractor on the project. The project received a $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office. The facility achieved commercial operation on December 31, 2013.

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Byline: 

Scott M. Gawlicki

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