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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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 ... its power has ...
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UPDATE: Brace for pea-sized hail with thunderstorms to hit Mojave Desert Slopes and Mojave Desert Sunday
An updated report from the NWS Hanford CA on Sunday at 4:34 p.m. is warning residents of strong thunderstorms until 5 p.m. The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 ...
Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore endangered desert tortoise habitats.
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UPDATE: Winter weather advisory issued for Mojave Desert Slopes until early Monday evening, says the NWS
An updated winter weather advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Monday at 2:47 a.m. Additional snow accumulations up to one inch for Mojave Desert Slopes until 4 p.m. this afternoon.
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test ...