This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years
From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...
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Solar plant off I-15 near Las Vegas faces cloudy future; units closing — PHOTOS
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility is shutting down two-thirds of its plant after Pacific Gas and Electric Company terminated its power purchase agreement with Solar Partners, which is a ...
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
Sept. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure ...