APS Solar Plant

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to tour a concentrating solar plant built a couple years ago by one of the utilities here in Arizona. It's a trough-type system, with a 1MW turbine. Pretty cool stuff. I enjoyed seeing the engineering of the racking and mirrors. They have it well engineered enough that it takes a very minimal amount of maintenance--pretty much a washing of the mirrors once in awhile, and general stuff. Enjoy the photos!