Solar farms on land and water are at once impressive displays of human innovation and intricate examples of energy infrastructure visible from space. And with the size – by area and by capacity – of these power stations continually increasing, new records are always being set. In the US, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System occupies a vast swath of the Mojave Desert plain. The 386-MW project consists of three solar concentrating thermal power plants. Here in Australia, the industry is bu