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Crecent Dunes Project in Nevada...
Posted on 2/11/26 at 11:51 am
Posted on 2/11/26 at 11:51 am
Been getting a photo of it on my sign in screen.
It's interesting to look at but, what is the purpose?
Anyone here ever really been to it?
ETA to add a link, this explains more about it, and kind of what I wanted to know, but I really like when OTers try to explain stuff. It's more fun.
LINK
It's interesting to look at but, what is the purpose?
Anyone here ever really been to it?
ETA to add a link, this explains more about it, and kind of what I wanted to know, but I really like when OTers try to explain stuff. It's more fun.
LINK
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 12:02 pm
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Posted on 2/11/26 at 11:55 am to auggie
Post the photo, Sir. Everyone here isn't getting your exact same Spam.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 11:59 am to auggie
You do realize we can’t see your screen, right?
Posted on 2/11/26 at 11:59 am to auggie
You couldn't at least google this for us
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:00 pm to auggie
since OP is incapable. Had to look it up myself.
quote:
The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatt and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy storage located near Tonopah, about 190 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:07 pm to auggie
That thing is a bird cooker. 
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:09 pm to jmorr34
Such a huge waste. All that land for 110 MW of capacity.
Whereas a small modular nuclear reactor typically produces 300 MW
Whereas a small modular nuclear reactor typically produces 300 MW
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:09 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:
That thing is a bird cooker.
Yeah I bet!
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:11 pm to jmorr34
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110 megawatt
Such a waste of space compared to other sources even if it is in the desert.
quote:
River Bend Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station on a 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) site near St. Francisville, Louisiana in West Feliciana Parish, approximately 30 miles (50 km) north of Baton Rouge. The station has one sixth generation General Electric boiling water reactor that has a nominal gross electric output of about 1010 MW
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:21 pm to 9Fiddy
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Such a huge waste. All that land for 110 MW of capacity.
Whereas a small modular nuclear reactor typically produces 300 MW
Now add in cooling towers or ponds.
Not saying that you're wrong, just that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:24 pm to Shexter
Oh yeah?
How much at midnight?
How much at midnight?
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:25 pm to Shexter
quote:
110 megawatt
Such a waste of space compared to other sources even if it is in the desert.
quote:
River Bend Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station on a 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) site near St. Francisville, Louisiana in West Feliciana Parish, approximately 30 miles (50 km) north of Baton Rouge. The station has one sixth generation General Electric boiling water reactor that has a nominal gross electric output of about 1010 MW
Crescent Dunes is on 300 acres. So kilowatt/acre is basically the same. In fact solar is slightly ahead.
Crescent Dunes 110 MW 300 ac ˜ 367 kW/acre
River Bend 1,010 MW 3,300 ac ˜ 306 kW/acre
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:26 pm to jmorr34
I saw this in a movie once. Was used to incinerate evidence about a company dumping chemical waste into some African nation’s water table.
The movie has the usual tropes and stereotypes — evil white European mastermind, corrupt black military leaders, female environmental do-gooder, white savior played by Matthew McConaughey.
The movie has the usual tropes and stereotypes — evil white European mastermind, corrupt black military leaders, female environmental do-gooder, white savior played by Matthew McConaughey.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:29 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:
Now add in cooling towers or ponds.
Not saying that you're wrong, just that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
For a typical nuclear plant, you are correct. But a SMR facility is less than 100 acres.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:30 pm to 9Fiddy
There's a video out there of birds flying through, and just bursting into flames.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:35 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:
Crescent Dunes 110 MW 300 ac ˜ 367 kW/acre
River Bend 1,010 MW 3,300 ac ˜ 306 kW/acre
Once you throw the energy yield into it the nuclear plant will obviously outpace the solar Wh/acre.
But i don't understand why people get so hung up on Wp or Wh per acre and totally ignore the capital requirements and cost of capital and O&M expense disparities between the two.
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:39 pm to jmorr34
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located near Tonopah
This looks and sounds like the planet Luke Skywalker is from.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:50 pm to DCTiger
The movie was called Sahara. Came out 2005.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:54 pm to Lonnie Utah
And to think both of them combined wouldn’t be enough for the new Meta data center once it’s fully operational…
quote:
Once fully operational, Meta’s "Hyperion" data center is projected to require approximately 2 gigawatts (2,000 megawatts) of power to support its AI compute capacity. However, recent updates indicate the site's energy footprint may grow significantly larger over time: Initial Capacity: The first phase of the campus will use over 2 GW, which is more than double the peak power demand of the entire city of New Orleans. Expansion Potential: CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stated the facility could eventually scale up to 5 gigawatts—a level comparable to the energy consumption of Manhattan.
Posted on 2/11/26 at 12:54 pm to billjamin
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cost of capital and O&M expense
There's nuclear's advantage.
Question is, does that go away when you have to account for long term waste storage costs?
As I said, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
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