{"id":15960,"date":"2016-02-10T15:46:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=15960"},"modified":"2016-02-10T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T21:46:42","slug":"worlds-largest-solar-plant-goes-live-will-provide-power-for-1-1m-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=15960","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>CSP uses either lenses or parabolic mirrors to concentrate the sun&#8217;s light onto a small point where water or another substance is heated.<\/p>\n<p>The heat is used to create steam, which runs a turbine that produces electricity. In the Noor CSP, concave mirrors focus on molten salt, heating it anywhere from 300 degrees to 660 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3031659\/sustainable-it\/worlds-largest-solar-plant-goes-live-will-provide-power-for-11m-people.html\">World&#8217;s largest solar plant goes live, will provide power for 1.1M people<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Currently, the Noor CSP can generate 160 megawatts (MW). But as additional phases are completed, in two years it&#8217;s expected to generate more than 500MW &#8212; enough power to meet the needs of 1.1 million Moroccans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSP uses either lenses or parabolic mirrors to concentrate the sun&#8217;s light onto a small point where water or another substance is heated. The heat is used to create steam, which runs a turbine that produces electricity. In the Noor &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=15960\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[776,1209],"class_list":["post-15960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-green-tech","tag-solar-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15961,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15960\/revisions\/15961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}