The controversial Ivanpa solar power generation system in California's Mohab Desert is expected to close 14 years early despite President Barack Obama's $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy.
The Ivanpah facility works using a mirror that concentrates sunlight in a central boiling tower, heating the water to move the turbine. It has been criticized for incinerating birds and other animals within the reflection zone.
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Ivanpah has become a familiar sight, allowing miles of its blind light to be seen on the road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and on the airspace above.
New York Post It's attracting attention:
In 2011, under former President Barack Obama, the US Department of Energy (DOE) was to fund the Ivanpah Solar Power facility, a green energy project consisting of three solar enriched thermal power plants in California. We issued a $1.6 billion loan guarantee.
The facility was touted by the then Department of Energy Ernesto Moniz as an example of America becoming a global leader in solar energy.
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January, [Pacific Gas & Energy] It announced plans to cancel the contract with Ivanpah 14 years earlier, deciding that “ends the contract at this time will save customers money compared to the costs they would maintain until 2039.”
Now it's going to participate Solyndra On the roster of the failed Obama-era “green” energy projects.
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