How do you operate it at night?
That’s when Chinese astronauts plan to land on the Sun.
They won’t stay long because it’s still pretty hot.
“How do you operate it at night?”
The Ivanpah website explains that. This type of solar power generates enough heat to continue to produce power for several hours after sunset. I think it might be eight hours.
I’ve driven past this monstrosity a few times. It will definitely blind you! An engineering marvel, but a really dumb idea. It fries birds and blinds pilots and drivers.
And I suspect the actual long-term costs will be a multiple of what its proponents are predicting.