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The 540 foot (165 meter) high tower, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

Information

Creator
Creator: Stillings, Jamey
Date
2014-06-24
Description
Photographer's note: "The 540 foot (165 meter) high tower at the center of Crescent Dunes Solar's plant is where the sun's thermal energy is directed to a black target area atop the tower. This is where molten salt pumped up from below is heated to 1050°F (566°C). On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
Digital ID
20140624_CP_02297_P
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qz23g1s
Details
Subject
Electric power systems
Electric power-plants
Salt
Solar energy
United States. Department of Energy
Electric power production
Place
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
digital photographs
color photographs
Source
The 540 foot (165 meter) high tower, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, 2014 June 24
Digital Project
Jamey Stillings Collection
Citation

20140624_CP_02297_P. Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection, June 24, 2014. PH-00380. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rights
This material is protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Jamey Stillings and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested. Commercial use of any portion of this material is prohibited. Contact the copyright owner, Jamey Stillings, for more information.
Rights Holder
Stillings, Jamey
Standardized Rights Statement
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Date Digitized
2014-06-24
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff