Aerial shot of a solar plant near Gila Bend, Arizona. The power plant is a parabolic trough plant, with molten salt thermal energy storage. Photo via Getty Images Proposed solar energy projects on ...

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.

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, ...

Photvoltaic solar panels are now so much cheaper than the energy being generated at the Ivanpah facility in the Mojave Desert that the plant is set to close. Whether that's a success or a failure ...

There is a blinding beacon of light at the top of a tower in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It’s a solar power facility called Ivanpah. It’s been supplying enough juice to power 140,000 homes for ...