A Spanish farm that provides electricity to about 500,000 people through solar energy

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com- The Andasol farm, which is located near the Spanish city of Granada, provides electricity to about 500 thousand people with a capacity of 150 megawatts, as it produces solar energy through 620 thousand curved mirrors.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to a report published by the British &quot;Daily Mail&quot; newspaper, the sun&#39;s rays are reflected from the mirrors to heat synthetic crude oil in a tube to a level of 400 degrees Celsius, and energy is generated that runs the turbines, which in turn generate electricity.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A quantity of energy also goes to a thermal reservoir containing thousands of tons of molten salt - mixed with potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate - through which the turbines can be turned on after sunset or when the weather is overcast, for about seven and a half hours.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The mirrors alone cover an area equivalent to about 210 football fields, and follow the sun&#39;s rays from the beginning of sunrise as closely as possible. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2_127319_large.jpg" style="width: 615px; height: 410px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/4_674615_large.jpg" style="width: 615px; height: 409px;" /></p>