Kingfish
100 MW
Reported at Reuters today: Federal government approves second SolarReserve solar power plant
I am just a little curious why this plant is located in Tonopah. Ever been to Tonopah? It just seems a bit off the beaten track between Reno-Carson and Las Vegas. I suppose it makes sense to put a plant there if the Grid is upgraded to support more endeavors in the heart of old gold & silver country. Perhaps that is part of The Plan, to put enough generating capacity in the middle of need to foster DC transmission improvements between Reno-Tahoe, Las Vegas, Bay Area, the entire Central Valley, LA-San Diego, Provo-Salt Lake, even Boise, and Phoenix. It’s a vast stretch of land waiting for the next boom to happen. With the Map below, each ring is ~100 miles.
Interesting... KF
I am just a little curious why this plant is located in Tonopah. Ever been to Tonopah? It just seems a bit off the beaten track between Reno-Carson and Las Vegas. I suppose it makes sense to put a plant there if the Grid is upgraded to support more endeavors in the heart of old gold & silver country. Perhaps that is part of The Plan, to put enough generating capacity in the middle of need to foster DC transmission improvements between Reno-Tahoe, Las Vegas, Bay Area, the entire Central Valley, LA-San Diego, Provo-Salt Lake, even Boise, and Phoenix. It’s a vast stretch of land waiting for the next boom to happen. With the Map below, each ring is ~100 miles.
Interesting... KF
