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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
This is surprising news because it seemed like an interesting project but that big solar field outside of Las Vegas will be decommissioned. I've driven past this quite a few times when driving between Vegas and Palm Springs/LA and I've always been really intrigued by it.
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Reading the article, depending on where you were driving/flying, it might not be the same installation you are thinking of, I know there is a huge Photo voltaic field near Boulder, that I have seen form the highway, and looking at the map, there are 2 other PV fields right beside this one near Primm. It seems this field was not PV, it was actually mirrors aiming solar radiation to boil water and drive steam turbines.
I'm not familiar with that technology, but seemingly less proven than PV.
This seems to be as much a story of an unsuccessful science project, as an upended renewables project.