Solar power generation at Kramer Junction, Boron, San Bernardino County, CA

Kramer Junction receives an average of 340 days of sunshine per year, which makes it an ideal place for solar power generation. The average direct normal radiation (DNR) is 7.44 kWh/m²/day (310 W/m²),one of the best in the nation.

Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in California, with the combined capacity from three separate locations at 354 megawatts (MW, 474,700 hp), is now the world's second largest solar thermal energy generating facility, after the commissioning of the even larger Ivanpah facility in 2014. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States.

The reflectors at Kramer Junction site facing the western sky to focus the late afternoon sunlight at the absorber tubes.

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Solar power generation at Kramer Junction, Boron, San Bernardino County, CA

Kramer Junction receives an average of 340 days of sunshine per year, which makes it an ideal place for solar power generation. The average direct normal radiation (DNR) is 7.44 kWh/m²/day (310 W/m²),one of the best in the nation.

Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in California, with the combined capacity from three separate locations at 354 megawatts (MW, 474,700 hp), is now the world's second largest solar thermal energy generating facility, after the commissioning of the even larger Ivanpah facility in 2014. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States.

The reflectors at Kramer Junction site facing the western sky to focus the late afternoon sunlight at the absorber tubes.

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Evaporation pond at Kramer Junction, Boron, San Bernardino County, CA (Jack)

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,

Birding Hotspot:
ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L1252063?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

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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,

Birding Hotspot:
ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L1252063?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

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Black-necked Stilt, 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,

Birding Hotspot:
ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L1252063?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

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