Crescent dunes solar park, a giant cut off the grid

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 15 November 2016 at 18:36:32 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 June 2019 at 18:29:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 November 2019 at 01:50:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 November 2019 at 13:50:27 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Solar power, green energies, climate change, infrastructure, Nevada, United States, USA.
Fig. 1 - S2 (15.11.2016) - 12,11,8 colour composite - Crescent Dunes is a 110MW solar thermal power project with 1.1GW.hr of storage.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (23.06.2019) - 8,4,3 colour composite - Its 17500 116m² heliostat mirrors could have been enough to supply 75000 households.
3D view
Fig. 3 - S1 (19.11.2019, 13:50) - vv,vh,vv composite - After molten salt leaks, it was stopped several times for several months.
3D view
Fig. 4 - 19.11.2019, 01:50 - Cut off the grid after financial issues that make likely the the US Dept of Energy takes over its management.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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