(solar PV prices declined far faster than expected; combined with concentrated solar thermal operational challenges, it led to the plant being uneconomical; could potentially be re-powered as solar PV)
anigbrowl•1h ago
Surely you can find a better source than the tabloid rag NY Post
It's merely conservative - the tabloid side of it has moved to pagesix.
sema4hacker•1h ago
The Wikipedia article says: "The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence operation... In 2014, the plant burned 868×109 British thermal units (254 GWh) of natural gas emitting 46,084 metric tons of carbon dioxide...".
I never knew until today that solar plants require fossil fuels.
toomuchtodo•36m ago
Only solar thermal plants, solar PV plants do not require fossil generation for keeping an energy transfer medium hot, boilers, etc.
throwmeaway222•1h ago
This and high speed rail should have been money towards nuclear. We're going to be fucked in 2035 when the EV mandate goes into effect. They can't even keep the power on right now.
toomuchtodo•1h ago
https://www.gem.wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Electric_Generating_Syste...
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
(solar PV prices declined far faster than expected; combined with concentrated solar thermal operational challenges, it led to the plant being uneconomical; could potentially be re-powered as solar PV)