A view of the Ivanpah concentrated solar power plant from the starboard side of an eastbound passenger jet featuring clouds, mountains, and the airplane's wing.

It's a national disgrace that the #Ivanpah concentrated #solar power plant is going to be shut down. #California

While #Ivanpah was a marvel of engineering, it was a victim of market timing. In 2014, Concentrated Solar Power ( #CSP ) and #Photovoltaic ( #PV) were neck-and-neck. By 2026, the gap between them has become an abyss.
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Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year.

Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed

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#SolarEnergy #SolarPower #SolarPlant #RenewableEnergy #Ivanpah

De flop van 2,2 miljard dollar: zonnepark Ivanpah sluit de deuren - TW.nl Een van de duurste en meest ambitieuze zonne-energieprojecten ooit, Ivanpah in de Mojave-woestijn, stopt na slechts tien jaar. Wat begon als een symbool van Amerika’s groene toekomst, wordt nu gezien ...

Teloorgang pilot CSP towerproject #Ivanpah in Technisch Weekblad. "grootse ideeën hebben tijd, geduld en soms dure lessen nodig om tot volwassenheid te komen." Jammer dat ze het niet over de op 2-10 km. afstand liggende PV centrales hebben, die gewoon doet wat ze moeten doen

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Affordability Crisis:  Gavin Newsom and the California Energy Disaster The newest Democrat party line is “affordability,” but renewable energy in California shows how not to be affordable.

Ivanpah : la plus grande centrale solaire du monde est un fiasco à 2,2 milliards de dollars GNT est le portail Hi-Tech français consacré aux nouvelles technologies (internet, logiciel, matériel, mobilité, entreprise) et au jeu vidéo PC et consoles.

#Ivanpah grand chose comme #Electricité 💸
En France on le savait avec Thémis et Odeillo, les Américains espéraient mieux, c'est un échec cuisant (au sens propre pour les oiseaux 😱)
#ENRi #Energie #SolaireThermique

Clark County’s plan to develop a supplemental airport is again preparing for liftoff The three-year Environmental Impact Statement process will lay the foundation for a project that wouldn’t be complete until well into the 2030s, but an official says the airport is needed “to support ...

Clark County’s plan to develop a supplemental airport is again preparing for liftoff lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/au... #Ivanpah #Vegas #airport #avgeek

Long wait ahead for next action on planned new Las Vegas airport The Federal Aviation Administration and the Bureau of Land Management completed a series of public hearings Thursday on the planned Ivanpah Valley airport.Now, it’s a matter of waiting — a long wait.D...

Long wait ahead for next action on planned new Las Vegas airport cdcgaming.com/brief/long-w... #Ivanpah #Vegas #airport #avgeek

3 public hearings scheduled for proposed Southern Nevada airport An airport south of Las Vegas has been in the planning stages since 2006 and wouldn’t open until 2037, but the public gets a chance to weigh in on it next week.

Three public hearings scheduled for the proposed Southern Nevada airport in the Ivanpah Valley. Construction is expected to begin in 2029, with a targeted completion as early as 2037. www.reviewjournal.com/business/tou... #Vegas #Ivanpah #airport #avgeek

Ivanpah Solar Energy Plant, closing 2026. CA/NV border near Primm.

#greenenergy #economicfailures #energyblunder #solar #solartechnology #ivanpah #california #boondoggle #failure #landuse #stolenland #humantoll #environment #25roadtripak2l48 #akrocinante

Feds to conduct new environmental study for reliever airport south of Las Vegas Federal officials on Monday announced plans for a new environmental study to build a releiver

FAA and BLM published details for preparing an environmental impact statement on the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport. Officials believe the new #airport in #Ivanpah Valley can offset demand and capacity limitations at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS). news3lv.com/newsletter-d... #avgeek

Milliardenteures Solar-Kraftwerk muss schließen: Der Grund ist bitter Tausende Vögel waren der Hitze des Ivanpah-Kraftwerks zum Opfer gefallen. Aber der Grund für die Schließung ist ein ganz anderer.

🇺🇸 #Ivanpah in der US-amerikanischen Mojave-Wüste bei Las Vegas: #Solarthermie der Superlative muss schließen.

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Das einst größte solarthermische #Kraftwerk der Welt, #Ivanpah, wird nach nur 11 Jahren stillgelegt.

Die hohen Kosten, technische Herausforderungen und der Preisverfall von #Photovoltaik machten den Betrieb unrentabel. ☀️

Zudem sorgte der Bau für Umweltprobleme, etwa durch die Zerstörung […]

I took this picture of the #Ivanpah #SolarPlant while driving through the #Mojave desert on I-15 to Las Vegas. The controversial facility is scheduled to be seized operation in 2026.

This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years | CNN 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, ea...

This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years

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#SolarEnergy #SolarPlant #RenewableEnergy #Ivanpah #NRGEnergy #SolarPower #Heliostats

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.

a move that will sound the death knell to what was the world's largest solar plant, according to reports.
#PacificGasElectric said it agrees with its owners, and NRG Energy Inc., to end its contracts with #Ivanpah Solar on the California-Nevada border
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I try to avoid flying, but sometimes I must. And when I do, I like to share the energy infrastructure I see.

Here’s #Ivanpah Power Generating Station (& some desert solar) from the air. I know utility solar is better, but I still think concentrated solar thermal is cool.

Please ignore that the stock photo is of #Ivanpah #solarthermal and not a #solarPV plant.