A step-up transmission substationreceiveselectricpowerfrom a nearbygeneratingfacility and usesa largepower transformertoincrease the voltage for transmission to distant locations.
The Ivanpah solar tower, formally known as the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, is the largest solar thermal powerfacility currently under construction.
Its owner, NRG, has wished to expand the facility from two reactors to four, with partial financing from the Tokyo ElectricPower Company, owner of the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.