Obama-Era Ivanpah Solar Plant, ‘World’s Largest Barbecue,’ to Close After Billions in Loan Guarantees
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 […]
California Ivanpah Solar Power Facility created by Obama blasted as disaster
The major solar power plant project, granted over $1 billion in federal loans, is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a “boondoggle” that damaged the environment Masu. In 2011, under former President Barack Obama, the US Department of Energy (DOE) was to fund the Ivanpah Solar Power facility, a […]