Workers at the Ivanpah plant have a name for the spectacle: “Streamers.” The project, developed by Bechtel, had an initial ...

A once cutting-edge solar energy power plant in the Mojave Desert that looks like something out of a science fiction movie may be facing its last days, according to its builder and largest customer.

The plant was built at a cost of about $2.2 billion and received loan guarantees worth $1.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy.. Back in 2010, when the plant was first certified by the ...

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A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a “boondoggle” that harmed the ...

Solar-plant crews in Almendralejo uncover a 140,000-sq-ft hilltop fortress dated to 2450 BC and a Roman soldier’s grave—discover the dig’s biggest revelations.

California politics are synonymous with many things, but failed energy policy might be the most relevant. The Ivanpah solar power plant is on its way to being shut down, just 11 years after it opened.

The Qcells unit of Hanwha Solutions will build a new 2,000-worker factory in Cartersville and hire 500 more workers for a third phase of its factory in Dalton.

Swiss solar panel maker Meyer Burger will cut hours for some 300 employees at its plant in Germany starting on May 1 due to temporary material bottlenecks, it said on Wednesday. Skip to main content ...

A once cutting-edge solar energy power plant in the Mojave Desert that looks like something out of a science fiction movie may be facing its last days, according to its builder and largest customer.