Abstract
Heliostat mirrors are sunflower-like reflectors that turn to track the sun during the day. These are just two of hundreds of thousands such mirrors arranged in the Mojave Desert in California, all part of the Ivanpah solar power project. Their job is to concentrate the sun's rays onto boilers located on three central towers, turning water into steam that drives turbines. The site covers 14 square kilometers and will produce at least 377 megawatts of electricity not much below the summer output of a typical nuclear power station in the US and enough to power 140,000 homes in California
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