Giant Solar Farm In Mojave Desert Could Close Just A Decade After Opening
A California power utility is seeking to end a contract early, leading to the closure of the world's largest solar power plant on the California-Nevada border.
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.
California energy company ends contract for Primm solar plant
The Primm plant went into service a decade ago. During the 2000s and 2010s, various private companies invested in large-scale concentrating solar power in the United States. “It
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 ...
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Once an engineering marvel, two-thirds of this concentrated solar power plant will shut down after a California utility pulled two of its PPAs
Operator NRG Energy plans to shut down two-thirds of the Ivanpah Solar CSP plant after Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) decided to terminate two power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the facility to save ratepayers money.
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Mojave Desert rest area off I-40 closes for safety upgrades
Construction work has temporarily shuttered a rest area along Interstate 40 in the Mojave Desert ... announced that Caltrans had awarded the company an approximately $45 million contract ...
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Mojave Desert Slopes under a winter weather advisory until early Monday evening – up to 7 inches of snow
A winter weather advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Sunday at 6:50 p.m. Snow accumulations up to 7 inches for Mojave Desert Slopes ... Make sure your gas tank is full.
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Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles ... across the Atlantic in about 3-1/2 hours. The company has 130 orders and pre-orders from American Airlines ...
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Brace for pea-sized hail with thunderstorms to hit Mojave Desert Slopes and Mojave Desert Sunday
The alert is for Edwards AFB, Mojave and North Edwards ... Ease off the accelerator - Step off the gas to slow down the vehicle until the tires find traction. Turn into the skid - Turning into ...
Copper Mountain Candle Company lights up homes with nostalgia
U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., where it crashed into a helicopter mid-air. The former figure skater issued a message to anyone who 'remembers me.'