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 obsolete.
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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of ...
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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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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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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11 Years After a Celebrated Opening, Massive Solar Plant Faces a Bleak Future in the Mojave Desert
Massive Solar Plant Faces a Bleak Future in the Mojave Desert LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after ...