Ivanpah CSP plant Archives

CPUC Gets It Right: PG&E Can Keep Its Ivanpah Contract

March 18, 20168 years ago susan 38 Comments

A completely innovative technology that is one of the keys to slowing climate change was today allowed by the CPUC to fine-tune energy production. The decision results in no harm to ratepayers. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved PG&E’s December 18 request for a Forbearance Agreement for Ivanpah Units … [continued]

Bird Deaths From Solar Plant Exaggerated By Some Media Sources

August 22, 201410 years ago Jake Richardson 67 Comments

Stories of gruesome bird deaths at the Ivanpah concentrating solar plant in California don’t have much evidence to back them up.

Controversial Ivanpah Solar Power Plant Sets Record, Settles Controversy

February 13, 201410 years ago Tina Casey 65 Comments

You’re going to be hearing a lot about this one: today, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is officially dedicating the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System. The massive new facility, now up and running at Ivanpah Dry Lake in California after a series of successful shakedown tests, has set a record as … [continued]