Talk:The Solar Project

message: I visited the site back in 2005. It was deserted, "x-file like", with broken mirrors and a damaged tower which had clearly suffered an explosion. Apparently the energy storage unit exploded due to poor engineering or some other reason I'm not aware of. Everywhere I go on the web, I see that old picture of the site when it was running. The reality today is very different. I think this should be documented accordingly on the page, while reminding everyone this was an experimental, pilot project. It is associated with a large nearby solar trough plant, which is running nicely, and was showcased in the movie Gataca. 
User:Greg Boutin 14:40, 1 Aug 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The tower was demolished in November 2009 and the heliostats were "removed" after 10 years of non-use. SkoreKeep (talk) 05:34, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fate of solar one and two 

message: The intro paragraph says that Solar One put out 10MW of power, but then later it says that the Solar Two modifications "allowed" it to put out 10MW; I'm guessing that means the initial output was somewhat less. Can someone with knowledge of this fix? -- nae'blis (talk) 12:47, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, this ambiguity needs to be fixed. Do does the working fluid inconsistency. In Solar Two it says One used water, tbut the One subsection implies a different working fluid, specifically oil, as do other sources. --Belg4mit 05:29, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Megawatt output 

message: solar one is a specific thing.  it should not be merged to a more general idea.  solar one/two/tres have plenty of information specific to itself
ZyMOS 12:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging with power tower 

message: I understand the relation between solar one & two, but solar tres is in a completely different country. What is the relationship between these 3 projects? This needs to be mentioned in the introduction, I feel most readers will be confused as to what the relation with solar tres??? I have tried to find out what the relation is between them but have not found out, other than solar tres builds on the ideas from solar one and two. 
decrease789 12:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "After the demonstration projects Solar One and Two, Solar Tres is the first commercial project of the Power Tower Technology. The Solar Tres consortium of Spanish, French, Czech Republic and US companies is promoting the 15-MW plant project with a large solar multiple of 3. The project, which has received a subsidy of 5 million Euro from the EC, makes use of the Solar Two technology tested in Barstow (California), but will be approximately three times the size. Solar Tres will make use of several advances in the molten salt technology since Solar Two was designed and built."  -- Johnfos 09:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Solar One/Solar Two/Solar Tres

message: The article says solar uses less land than "...coal plants (including the amount of land required for mining and excavation of the coal)."  I think this claim should have a reference- I have long been interested in such a comparison but have yet to find good data.  BCC 12:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Land Use

message: Having been the writer/coordinator for the Westinghouse proposals for design and fabrication of a prototype low-cost heliostat for Solar One, my memory says that Arco was a major commercial sponsor of the project. If so, its role should be acknowledged. --NameThatWorks (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Beg to differ. Martin-Marietta (now part of Lockheed-Martin) was the prime contractor; I worked on the proposal and the software for the heliostat control system for One, as well as plants with parabolic mirrors and molten salt medium erected in Elmira, Spain and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The heliostats were built in Martin's plant in Pueblo, Colorado; the systems designed and integrated at Martin's plant south of Denver.  I remember that the Martin heliostat design had the mirrors supported centrally on a tall pedestal, while MDAC's design had the drive motor close to the ground and a yoke that connected at either side of the mirror array.  Arco was indeed one of the customers.  It seems like a long time ago. SkoreKeep (talk) 05:07, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Participants

message: Hi, I have been trying to find out how much did the DoE put in for "The Solar Project." I can’t find it anywhere...Anybody? Thanks for your help. TheAsianGURU (talk) 22:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Financial Information? 

message: "During times of high winds, blowing dust is sometimes illuminated by the reflected sunbeams to create an unusual atmospheric phenomenon in the vicinity of the power tower. These beams of light were depicted in several scenes, and a painting, in the movie Bagdad Cafe, which was filmed nearby."
This is something that could really use a picture.  Are there any pictures of this phenominon under an appropriate licensing for Wikipedia?  I'm guessing it's something like the beams seen in the picture at the top of solar power tower.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baradys (talk • contribs) 23:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really sure about this, but I do know that when the plant was operating the air in front of the target sometimes glowed with ionization.  Starting the plant up in the morning required a fifteen minute procedure called "walking the wires", in which groups of mirrors were focused on four imaginary lines from the ground to the target.  The mirrors walked the wires in groups to avoid too much energy focused off the target. SkoreKeep (talk) 05:14, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Unusual atmospheric phenomenon" 

message: Very few working links left.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.62.99.132 (talk) 14:20, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links mostly dead