USA: Close-up view of the Ivanpah II solar tower

USA: Close-up view of the Ivanpah II solar tower
USA: Close-up view of the Ivanpah II solar tower
The USA is one of the world's largest pro­duc­ers of so­lar en­er­gy. So­lar en­er­gy pro­duc­tion in the coun­try in­creased from 1.2 ter­awatt hours in 2010 to 132 ter­awatt hours in 2020, which cor­re­sponds to an 11.4 per­cent share of to­tal elec­tric­i­ty pro­duc­tion. In Oc­to­ber 2022, the Ger­man radar satel­lite Tan­DEM-X ac­quired a par­tic­u­lar­ly de­tailed im­age of the Ivan­pah II so­lar tow­er in Cal­i­for­nia. The fa­cil­i­ty was cap­tured in 'star­ing spot­light' mode, with a res­o­lu­tion of 75 by 30 cen­time­tres.