# SOLAR ONE PIONEERING SOLAR ENERGY POWER PLANT BARSTOW CALIFORNIA SOLAR PROJECT HELIOSTAT 65354

Presented by Allegro Film Productions, this episode of the Science Screen Report shows viewers the state-of-the-art solar power plant in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, Ca. The film begins with shots of solar panels on houses, farm barns, and the commercial solar electric power plant Solar One ( 01:10 ), with its solar panel farm. There is a shot of a model of the power plant as well. Computer-controlled heliostats (mirrors) are tested near Albuquerque, NM ( 02:52 ) for the Solar One plant. These mirrors reflect energy onto Solar One’s tower with its solar energy receiver. People monitor the system on computers in the plant’s control room ( 04:50 ). Aerial footage shows the site of Solar One prior to the completion of construction ( 05:27 ), then the film uses graphics to show how the heliostats are arranged based on the location of the sun. Support columns await the installation of the heliostats ( 07:07 ). Additional animated graphics are used to show the sun’s energy being captured by the Solar One plant, how water is heated to create steam that drives a turbine generator, and how energy can be stored in an energy storage tank. There is more aerial footage of the completed Solar One plant ( 11:40 ) followed by a shot of a hydroelectric power plant on an alpine lake ( 12:06 ). The SOLAR Project consists of the Solar One, Solar Two and Solar Tres solar thermal power plants based in the Mojave Desert, United States and Andalucía, Spain. The US Department of Energy (DOE) and…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/65354ScienceScreenReportEnergyVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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