Yes, this is the world's largest solar energy system, at least this is what BrightSource Energy is telling us. The Ivanpah plant covers 5.5 miles, mostly with 173,500 mirrors. This Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System has 392MW of power, which is enough to make up 30 percent of all solar thermal energy in the United States alone. That is good enough for 140,000 … [Read more...] about This is Ivanpah, the largest solar thermal plant