This 354MW mass of parabolic troughs — known as Solar Energy Generating Systems — is a relic, built between 1984 and 1991.
It was supposed to usher in the dawn of a new era, but when its developer, Luz Industries, went bankrupt in 1991, CSP entered its Dark Ages.
No other commercial CSP plant would be built until 2007, when Spain's Acciona opened a 64MW plant in Nevada.
