A futuristic-looking solar energy plant is doomed
Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be ...
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, ...
Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE project as ‘financial boondoggle,’ ‘disaster’
The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how America is becoming a world leader in ...
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'The CyberGuy' calls California solar plant a ‘colossal money-losing flop'
Kurt The CyberGuy’ Kurt Knutsson discusses how a massive $2.2 billion Californian solar plant is heading towards closure on ‘Fox & Friends.’ ...
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Large solar plant in Mojave Desert appears headed for closure 11 years after opening
According to ABC News, the plant has been struggling to stay competitive against cheaper solar technologies on the market.
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border. Though it was hailed at the time as a breakthrough moment for clean ...
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Solar Power’s Future in the U.S. May Be in Jeopardy
In its Short-Term Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is projecting 26 gigawatts of solar capacity to ...
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Solar plant in Mojave Desert struggles to survive
A once-celebrated solar power plant in the Mojave Desert is now facing closure, just 11 years after its grand opening ...
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One Of America’s Priciest Green Boondoggles May Be Going Offline After Sucking Up Subsidies And Incinerating Birds
One of the most expensive green energy projects ever undertaken in American history looks like it is now on borrowed ...
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border. Though it was hailed at the time as a breakthrough moment for ...