Reports of Ivanpah's Execution Appear to Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Despite widespread criticism and reports of its closure due to environmental and operational issues, the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in the Mojave Desert has avoided shutdown and continues to operate. The plant, initially praised as a symbol of clean energy innovation, faced backlash over bird fatalities, higher-than-expected emissions, and unmet job creation promises. However, concerns over electricity supply reliability led California regulators to block its decommissioning, granting it a reprieve.
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Reports of Ivanpah's Execution Appear to Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Beege Welborn 2:40 PM | April 30, 2026 AP Photo/Chris Carlson Ah, that great, towering edifice rising above the sea of glittering solar mirrors in the Mojave Desert. Where the reflected heat of the sun's rays between tower and mirror would catch up to 6,000 unsuspecting little avian friends a year unawares, causing them to spontaneously burst into flames from the excessive BTUs so often every day, hurtling to earth with a comet-like blazing trail of flaming, smoking feathers that locals took to calling them 'streamers.' Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Poor, wee, innocent, horrifically incinerated…
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