Operator NRG says its concentrating solar power technology has fallen behind solar silicon photovoltaic generation in terms of capital and operating costs.

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, ...

a green energy project that consists of three solar concentrating thermal power plants in California. The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how ...

According to ABC News, the plant has been struggling to stay competitive against cheaper solar technologies on the market.

Modern technologies create opportunities for any state to switch to renewable sources of cheap energy from water, wind, or the sun. But for this to happen, of course, efforts must be made and several ...

Australia's transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there's a looming problem with storage. We will need much more ...

As Australia’s shift from coal to renewables continues at pace, companies are working on innovative ways to store larger ...

Capella advanced key technological innovations, targeting the deployment of a 5-MWe concentrated solar power plant. The project concluded after the front-end engineering and design phase ...

What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening ...

Ivanpah’s concentrated solar technology ... project last month. Power companies see the writing on the wall. After previously announcing it would retire two Utah coal plants in 2036 and 2042 ...