Kramer Junction Solar Electric Generating Station
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150 megawatt solar power plant owned by the Kramer Junction Company.
This facility is known as "SEGS 3 through 7", and is one of three
separate sites within 40 miles of one another which make up a total of
nine solar fields in the Solar Electric Generating System (SEGS).
Together these three facilities can generate about 354 megawatts at
peak output, comprising most of the commercial solar power currently
produced worldwide. These solar facilities are referred to as
"advantageous peak facilities," as they operate at their peak when it
is sunniest, which is also when local power requirements are greatest,
due to increased air conditioning demand. The facilities regulate their
power supply through the use of supplemental natural gas-fueled
electric generating plants. With a peak output of 45 megawatts, SEGS 1
and 2 are at the Dagget Leasing Company's facility just east of
Barstow, and Harpers Dry Lake, north of Hinkley is the location of the
most powerful of the three facilities, the SEGS 8 and 9, which produce
around 160 megawatts at their peak. |
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Kramer Junction
(POINT(-117.5592041015 35.014886856))
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CA
San Bernardino County |
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to the public, but visible from the highway. Main gate is two miles
north of Route 58, on Highway 395. A good view of the facility can be
had from the water tank hill, located northwest of the Kramer Junction
intersection, and reachable via dirt road off 395, one mile north of
the intersection. |
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