Can anyone figure out where this would go?

Ivanpah Solar Project

also this:

Meeting for review of Solar Project

San Bernardino County 4.5 miles southwest of Primm, Nevada, 3.1 miles west of the California-Nevada border

If it truly is SW of Primm, that would put it on the other side of the golf course.

Hey Sailors,

Roger that for the location.
Other (west) side of the freeway.
Off the dry lake itself.


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Map I got from BLM.

http://imgur.com/fbpM7

i saw this topic a few years back and i remember see the plans for the opposite side of the highway. looking at the image provided it doesnt look like they have enough room to build all that. what about the little mountain crest of the west of lake, doesnt that block a lot of sun at around 6pm.

who thinks this stuff up? just like why would you want to make Roach a Cargo Airport? its ~45mins for the downtown core. its LAS big enough to supply passengers and cargo. YVR is smaller than LAS and it does both.

i still think it would be smarter to build wind mills on them hills and put a solar plant on another drylake say closer to Hoover Dam.

PS. if you go to the first click and head to the website, ---> Final Staff Assement --> First PFD --> Page 45, it shows it south of the golf course.

if you follow through on some of the links to this site:

http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/ivanpah/documents/index...

about 5 topics down there is a line hilighted in red that you can download a 47.5 meg pdf file and it has maps and photos from all angles (a few of Ivanpah with blocart guys).
Like Bison said the map indicates other side of the road and west of the dry lake area.
Here is another screen capture from another map on the big pdf file

okay, I'll try that map again....

Other things of interest in the pdf file are a series of photo mock-ups under the "Impact" section with before and after images adding in a rendering of the project on the various photos.
Here is one from the top the hill looking back toward the dry lake in the distance across the highway

the only possible concern to us is the earlier references to "Testing Solar Death Ray" that had been changed to read Solar Power Generating Project.
This photo was also shown in that "potential impacts" section

At least it got put to good use when it was tested!

I guess the only untouched LakeBed left is Smith Creek, hmm

Quote:

At least it got put to good use when it was tested!

..... "missed the NPW by that much"

ROFL

is this project even approved yet?

as Andy Kaufman might say: thank you very much.

so funny..

As regards to the new airport they want to build at roach I seriously wonder if that project will continue for now. McCarran (KLAS or LAS) has had a lot of flights cut . The airline i work for (America West/U.S. Airways) has taken Vegas from a major hub with 150+ flights a day, to just a destination now @ approx 30 flights a day. My Airline is not the only one to do this. Before the current recession LAS was looking to get maxed out approx 2012. LAS also had a lot of personal and charter jet traffic as well, all the buildings and hanger stuff on the west side of rwy 1L is all corporate stuff. How this is doing I don't know. Forecasts for LAS traffic recovery don't look good for a while either. I hope this answers a few questions rip, if you have any others lemme know

I have followed this project for some time, my only major concern is that the project will by paving quite a large area with access rods and maintenance roads. This could possible effect rainwater absorption and effect the amount of runoff to the lake bed. If I can find the amount of sq. footage again that will be covered I will post it.