11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.
Boiling Point: Farewell to Ivanpah, the world’s ugliest solar plant
Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada state line. Maybe you’ve read about birds getting fried to death as they fly through the sunlight directed to the tops of the towers by fields of mirrors.
Primm solar plant to shut down units as energy deal with California utility winds down
Two units at the massive solar power plant near Primm, Nevada will shut down in the coming years as a deal with a California utility winds down.NRG Energy and P
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Ivanpah solar plant along I-15 to partially shut down
The $2.2 billion plant in California's Mojave Desert, near Primm, Nevada, generated power mostly for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE), in a purchase ...