Ivanpah Solar Power Complex - Largest U.S. Solar Array

Using the intense, year round sun of the Mojave desert, Brightsource Energy has developed the largest solar array in the United States. The Ivanpah Solar Power Complex will be located in Ivanpah, approximately 50 miles northwest of Needles, California, and about five miles from the California-Nevada border. The complex will be a 5-square mile facility (3900 acres) within the 25,000-square mile Mojave Desert and will generate enough electricity to power 140,000 homes and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by more than 500,000 tons per year.