Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants, located in California’s Mojave Desert and using thousands of mirrors to generate utility-scale renewable electricity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5084871 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Context triple: [Bechtel Corporation, notableProject, Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System]
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A.
Ivanpah Valley
Ivanpah Valley is an arid basin in the northeastern Mojave Desert known for its desert landscapes, dry lakebeds, and large-scale solar energy installations.
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B.
San Gorgonio Pass wind farm
San Gorgonio Pass wind farm is a major wind energy facility in Southern California, known for its large concentration of wind turbines that harness strong mountain pass winds to generate electricity.
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C.
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm is a large wind energy facility in California and one of the nation’s major hubs for wind power generation.
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D.
Devil Canyon Powerplant
Devil Canyon Powerplant is a hydroelectric generating facility in Southern California that produces power as part of the State Water Project’s water conveyance and energy system.
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E.
Gigafactory Nevada
Gigafactory Nevada is Tesla’s massive battery and electric vehicle component manufacturing plant near Reno, designed to scale production and reduce costs for its clean energy products.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Target entity description: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants, located in California’s Mojave Desert and using thousands of mirrors to generate utility-scale renewable electricity.
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A.
Ivanpah Valley
Ivanpah Valley is an arid basin in the northeastern Mojave Desert known for its desert landscapes, dry lakebeds, and large-scale solar energy installations.
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B.
San Gorgonio Pass wind farm
San Gorgonio Pass wind farm is a major wind energy facility in Southern California, known for its large concentration of wind turbines that harness strong mountain pass winds to generate electricity.
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C.
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm is a large wind energy facility in California and one of the nation’s major hubs for wind power generation.
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D.
Devil Canyon Powerplant
Devil Canyon Powerplant is a hydroelectric generating facility in Southern California that produces power as part of the State Water Project’s water conveyance and energy system.
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E.
Gigafactory Nevada
Gigafactory Nevada is Tesla’s massive battery and electric vehicle component manufacturing plant near Reno, designed to scale production and reduce costs for its clean energy products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concentrated solar power plant
ⓘ
solar thermal power plant ⓘ |
| approximateSiteArea | about 3,500 acres ⓘ |
| commercialOperationStartDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| commissioningDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
ⓘ
Southern California Edison ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | BrightSource Energy ⓘ |
| electricalCapacity | 392 MW ⓘ |
| energySource | renewable energy ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern |
bird mortality from solar flux
ⓘ
impact on desert wildlife ⓘ |
| fuelType | solar energy ⓘ |
| gridConnection | California Independent System Operator grid ⓘ |
| gridRole | utility-scale baseload and peak power support ⓘ |
| hasCoolingSystem | air-cooled condenser ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHeliostats | over 170,000 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Unit 1
ⓘ
Unit 2 ⓘ Unit 3 ⓘ |
| heatTransferMedium | water/steam ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Mojave Desert ⓘ San Bernardino County, California ⓘ
linked to:
San Bernardino County
|
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Mojave Desert ecosystem
ⓘ
linked to:
Mojave Desert
|
| locatedInRegion |
Southwestern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| near |
Ivanpah Dry Lake
ⓘ
Primm, Nevada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants
ⓘ
use of thousands of heliostats focusing sunlight on central towers ⓘ |
| numberOfUnits | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | NRG Energy ⓘ |
| owner |
BrightSource Energy
ⓘ
Google ⓘ NRG Energy ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | utility-scale electricity generation ⓘ |
| projectPhase | completed ⓘ |
| projectType | utility-scale solar power project ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyType |
concentrating solar power
ⓘ
solar power tower ⓘ |
| uses |
heliostats
ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ steam turbine generators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Description of subject: Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is one of the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal power plants, located in California’s Mojave Desert and using thousands of mirrors to generate utility-scale renewable electricity.
Referenced by (2)
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