Solar electric collectors; mirrors; and the steam plant in Kramer Junction; California. ?Rows of mirrored glass; parabolic trough-shaped collectors; concentrate solar thermal energy on tubes containing a heat transfer fluid. ?The 735 Degree F. fluid is circulated through a conventional steam turbine electric generator facility; the energy passed onward to the power grid. ?Over 1;000;000 square meters of mirror produce 150 MW (Megawatts) peak output.

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