11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert
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California’s ambitious Ivanpah Solar Power Facility — a massive concentrated solar thermal plant built in the Mojave Desert — is being shut down after more than a decade of operation. The project, which cost approximately $2.2 billion to construct and featured 173,500 heliostats (computer-controlled mirrors) reflecting sunlight onto three towering receivers, never achieved the energy output it was designed to deliver and struggled with efficiency compared to other solar technologies. Ivanpah was
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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold
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The $1.6 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is finally shutting down after 11 years of failure: “You don’t get a ‘success’ out of going for 11 years when you are supposed to last for generations and then closing shop after taking $1.6 billion of federal money.” | Stu Burguiere
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