Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

Operator NRG says its concentrating solar power technology has fallen behind solar silicon photovoltaic generation in terms ...

The concentrating solar array in California is on the path to closure after being hailed as a breakthrough for renewable ...

A California power utility is seeking to end a contract early, leading to the closure of the world's largest solar power ...

At the Ivanpah Solar Thermal Power Plant, more than 100,000 heliostats are installed around a 140-meter-tall power tower, as shown in the image below. A heliostat is a device that reflects ...

Ivanpah’s concentrated solar technology, which uses sunlight ... It’s possible Ivanpah’s third and final tower will close, too. An Edison spokesperson told me the utility is in “ongoing ...

Ivanpah Solar is a 386-megawatt concentrating solar ... to track the sun and direct its rays to a receiver at the top of a tower. Water is piped to the top of the tower and runs through a heat ...

That went through on Jan. 14. IVANPAH, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 05 2013: An aerial view of Tower 1 and its heliostats at the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas. (Courtesy NRG, ...

For some, Ivanpah now stands as a huge, shiny monument to wasted tax dollars and environmental damage. For others, failures ...