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- See more at www.Acciona-na.com - About Acciona's Nevada Solar One: Concentrating Solar Power delivers a win-win solution for all involved: the environment, communities, utilities, and consumers. Its use promotes economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technology: Innovation continues to reduce the cost of concentrating solar power. The parabolic trough technology used in Acciona's Nevada Solar One plant represents a major renewable energy success story of the past two decades and has the potential to compete directly with conventional fossil fuel powered technologies. Acciona's 400-acre, 64 MW Nevada Solar One plant utilizes proprietary tracking technology to track the sun's location and concentrate its rays during peak demand hours. The plant employs 760 parabolic concentrators with more than 182000 mirrors that concentrate the sun's rays onto more than 18240 receiver tubes located on their focal line. Fluid that heats up to 735°F flows through these tubes and is used to produce steam that drives a conventional turbine, which is connected to a generator that produces electricity. The plant produces enough energy to power more than 14000 households annually. Acciona plans to continue to invest in CSP plants both in the United States and Spain. About the Plant: Building on its corporate mission to demonstrate the technical and economic viability of sustainable energy, Acciona launched its landmark Nevada Solar One plant in <b>...</b>