World’s largest concentrated solar power plant now operational

World’s largest concentrated solar power plant now operational

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, set up in the California Mojave Desert, is the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power station, and started delivering solar electricity on 13 February. At full capacity, the facility produces 392 megawatts (MW) of solar power, enough electricity to provide 140,000 California homes with clean energy and avoid 400,000 metric

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What is fracking (or hydraulic fracturing)

What is fracking (or hydraulic fracturing)

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a technique introduced in the first decades of the 20th century to extract natural gas and oil from shale rocks, i.e. exfoliating rocks that lie deep below the Earth’s surface.   How it works Hydraulic fracturing consists in perforating the ground until shale gas deposits are found and injecting pressurised

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