Evaporation pond at Kramer Junction, Boron, San Bernardino County, CA
Located at Kramer Junction is one of nine nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States.
At Kramer Junction water is provided from the California Aqueduct system. Plant demineralizers condition the water and the blow-down from the cooling tower sump is sent to the evaporation ponds. thus making it a settling pond for cooling water from the steam boiler (solar and gas-fired). This water is also used to wash the collectors, since any dust may interfere with the sun’s rays.
Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in California) is the world's second largest solar thermal energy generating facility,
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