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 ...

The plant was built at a cost of about $2.2 billion and received loan guarantees worth $1.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy.. Back in 2010, when the plant was first certified by the ...

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.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The landmark Ivanpah solar energy plant along Interstate 15 near the Nevada-California border is past its prime, left in the desert dust as more efficient technology is ...

It’s a solar power facility called Ivanpah. It’s been supplying enough juice to power 140,000 homes for more than a decade.But it doesn’t generate electricity directly like rooftop solar ...

The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy.” But after 10 years, the federally funded plant is ...

What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources.

California politics are synonymous with many things, but failed energy policy might be the most relevant.. The Ivanpah solar power plant is on its way to being shut down, just 11 years after it ...

Last week, a major California utility — Pacific Gas &Electric — announced that it will no longer buy power from the Ivanpah solar plant off Interstate 15 near the Nevada-California border.

Operations and maintenance (O&M) and asset management in the solar energy industry refer to the ongoing processes required to ensure that solar power plants operate efficiently, reliably and cost ...

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 ...