The plant, the world’s largest solar thermal power plant when it opened a decade ago, is set to close in early 2026.

When completed in late 2013, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will power 140,000 California homes. Gilles Mingasson The Mojave Desert is blooming. Construction crews are ...

Instead it will phase out by 2026, the utility said. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System consists of three plants, each of which contain more than 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors that ...

It’s a solar power facility called Ivanpah. It’s been supplying enough juice to power 140,000 homes for more than a decade. But it doesn’t generate electricity directly like rooftop solar ...

Birds whose wings have been burned at Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System have been found dead and injured on the grounds Many birds suffered curled and charred feathers Temperatures at ...