From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Modern technologies create opportunities for any state to switch to renewable sources of cheap energy from water, wind, or the sun. But for this to happen, of course, efforts must be made and several ...

Australia's transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there's a looming problem with storage. We will need much more ...

Concentrated solar power (CSP) uses heliostat mirrors to direct sunlight into a collection tower, storing heat energy in abundant mediums like rocks, sand or molten salt for highly available ...

According to ABC News, the plant has been struggling to stay competitive against cheaper solar technologies on the market.

they saw this type of technology — known as “concentrated solar power” — as the future of renewable energy. It was expensive, but it would get cheaper over time — and therefore it made ...

and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP). Photovoltaics are the common type that is found on the rooftops of homes and commercial buildings and on arrays at solar farms. Solar-thermal power ...

Vast Renewables has successfully completed large-scale testing of a concentrated solar thermal power receiver tower destined ...

Ivanpah is yet another example of the financial perils of allowing government bureaucrats to manipulate the market with ...