The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, once hailed as a groundbreaking achievement in renewable energy, faces an uncertain future just 11 years after its grand opening in the harsh landscape of the Mojave Desert. This massive solar thermal plant, sprawling across five square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, is struggling to compete with the … [Read more...] about 11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert