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.

The so-called Antípodas project will be based on the enormous solar energy potential of Chile’s the Atacama Desert ... invest in building out its solar plant infrastructure to make way for ...

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

In the study “Photovoltaic power resource at the Atacama Desert under climate change ... with dozens of large scale utility solar plants having come online there during the past decade ...

The Atacama Desert in Argentina and Chile is the sunniest region on earth. Despite the excellent solar radiation resource ... of large-scale PV power plants in both countries some ten years ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

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 ...

One study has found that Paranal, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, has the darkest skies of any major astronomical research site. That would change if the plant, called INNA, is built.

Despite the harsh conditions, the Atacama Desert is home to a surprising number of plant species, many of which have adapted to survive long periods of drought. These flowers lay dormant and when ...

The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive ... In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant created concerns about how the facility would ...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels now cover rooftops in San Diego, California; the Atacama Desert in Chile ... designed for centralized fossil fuel plants, not decentralized renewables.

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ... evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back ...