Posted on 05/20/2016 4:16:51 PM PDT by aquila48
Misaligned mirrors are being blamed for a fire that broke out yesterday at the world’s largest solar power plant, leaving the high-tech facility crippled for the time being. It sounds like the plant’s workers suffered through a real hellscape, too.
A small fire was reported yesterday morning at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California, forcing a temporary shutdown of the facility. It’s now running at a third of its capacity (a second tower is down due to scheduled maintenance), and it’s not immediately clear when the damaged tower will restart. It’s also unclear how the incident will impact California’s electricity supply.
Putting out the blaze was not easy task, either. Firefighters were forced to climb 300 feet up a boiler tower to get to the scene. Officials said the fire was located about two-thirds up the tower. Workers at the plant actually managed to subdue the flames by the time firefighters reached the spot, and it was officially extinguished about 20 minutes after it started.
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“Ivanpah”
Isn’t that Trump’s daughter?
Ping!
I thought this was about a giant tomato......
Good place to open a fried chicken joint. Just need a big net.
Everything is flammable re: the sun.
Such a dumb, dumb idea.
Being Democrat should be illegal.
They should burn it all down and be done with it.
Yes, the “greenies” and EPA refuse to acknowledge the slaughter of birds, to include protected species, such as the American Eagle, by solar panel farms and wind mill farms.
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