OK, this is what inspired Helios One in the New Vegas Game

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/13/5408686/ivanpah-solar-plant-begins-commercial-operation

The first two things that came to mind, are, who has to clean those mirrors, and how could anyone find 5 damaged arrays to help the Boomers....

There's the problem with solar energy, it takes a lot of room. On the other hand, sun shines most in the deserts, where there is plenty of room

Solar 2 was that called? I remember it being mentioned in Mythbusters.

Yeah i remember them talking about this a few years back. That was also one of the biggest issues, was basically having a bunch of people working full time cleaning off the panels, because it does get pretty dusty in the desert. I'm not sure how long it's going to take for them to make back all the money it took to make it in energy, as far as i knew, solar wasnt viable for heating homes at a reasonable pace and price. I guess it will help supplement the basic electricity, but couldnt really be used for a base load in anything.

Still, it does look pretty cool.

Hoho, those comments. Energy debates are some of the most radioactive content around on the internet. (No pun intended, because if it was, it would've been bad.)

Let me be first to say, "CONSPIRACY"! It's all part of Their master plan at killing us all.

On a more serious note, I had no idea that Helios One was based on anything real. That's piety cool. Also, Google scares me. They have their hand in everything. Now they have their hand on a potential weapon. See the joke above.

Break out those tinfoil hats, gentlemen!

Can I be the first to say "Go humanity!"? We build some cool stuff.

DAMN, It makes the one from FNV look so small xD.

Obsidian actually did real world scouting of the area for NV. If you look at it on google earth you can almost pick out the NV road network. Just off the road from Nipton and the Primm golf park.

Everything in your country is so spread out. I have four large towns and a major city in the same distance between your death ray and Primm.

Numerous things to laugh about. One, the WSJ talking about birds being scorched. MAYBE...if they happen to fly right near the collecting tower I suppose. But the actual mirrors are just flat, so they aren't individually concentrating solar energy into some sort of 'death ray'. Two, the AP reporting that the 'local protected tortoises had to be relocated during construction'. That desert is all tortoise turf, and they get relocated any time anyone builds anything, so they don't get mashed by construction equipment. After their long slow march home they are probably all lying contentedly in the newly provided shade.

This is a good observation...at 5.5 square miles the thing is obviously huge...until you look at the picture and recognize there is nothing but flat scrubby desert for between ten and a hundred miles in any direction from there. They could pave that entire valley with mirrors and not really impact anyone or anything. Even those scruffy desert plants will thrive in the early morning late afternoon sun they will still get, without having to suffer through the direct mid day scorching they normally receive.

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203824537148261721428.0004947673afbeee6cdc9&msa=0 I found on Reddit a while back, it shows the Google maps version of the Vegas area. Obsidian did really good on the locations IMO.

Also, http://www.falloutnewvegastour.com/ has been taking pictures of his own New Vegas tour.

EDIT: Meant to quote The Tallest.

I'm sorry, but birds being roasted by the sun reflecting off the panels is just funny.

Whoah, that thing is cool.

How wonderful, now Google doesn't have to waste resources by oppressing us with their robotic armies, they can just use the space laser.

So they're bringing the Ion ca...Archimedes online then?

Yeah, I knew that but I honestly thought the whole Helios One bit was fake. I had never heard of this thing before. It is quite impressive and cool. The bit about Google though is true; they really do scare me. They just kind of strike me as teh type of company to one day murder us all in our sleep. They are involved with everything including off shore mobile cities.

I'm going to check those links out. Thanks.

140k homes?...eeehhhh...not impressed, honestly. And the power is going to California, as if it didn't need MOAR POWAH.