Ashalim solar power station - photo

[neilbourjaily]

I saw the parabolic collector installation immediately east of Barstow, CA on I 10 a few decades ago, a collection of parabolic mirrors set as a parabola. The beam of light was off center from the focus. I was told it was too hot for the instrument to bear.

[nova_robotics]

I saw the parabolic collector installation immediately east of Barstow, CA on I 10 a few decades ago, a collection of parabolic mirrors set as a parabola. The beam of light was off center from the focus. I was told it was too hot for the instrument to bear.

That's interesting. I wonder if they overprovision the reflective capacity so they can maintain full plant output on cloudy days. Like full focus on cloudy days, and de-focus on sunny days. Interesting to think about. It's probably an indicator that the mirrors are a small cost relative to the rest of the power station.

This is neat. I think you can see the defocusing right on the Wikipedia page for the Ashalim Plot B solar power station. But that also might be some sort of optical illusion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashalim_Power_Station

[mwmkravchenko]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamm...oum_Solar_Park