Over the past two decades, California has become a juggernaut of solar energy production. But that doesn’t mean its residents are reaping huge benefits. A new analysis by Los Angeles Times staff ...

Curtailment – or intentional reduction in power production – continues to rise for both solar and wind power in California.

The plant occupies more than 3,200 acres of federal land in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada state line. In its statement, NRG suggested the site could be repurposed for solar silicon ...

In addition to criticism from homeowners and solar workers, AB 942 faces opposition from consumer advocates and a real estate ...

The plant was built at a time when capturing ... Located in San Bernardino County in California, the thermal solar power facility became operational in 2014. PG&E currently contracts for about ...

When this plant opened near the California-Nevada border in early 2014, it was pitched as the future of solar power. Just over a decade later, it’s closing. Related Articles Seven ways Trump’s ...

a green energy project that consists of three solar concentrating thermal power plants in California. The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an “example of how ...

According to the Times, oversupply has occasionally gotten so bad in California that the prices go negative, forcing solar plants to pay energy traders to take it off their hands. “This is all ...

or solar panels, has fallen about 70%. Now it is significantly cheaper than the energy that Ivanpah generates. The main buyer of the plant’s power — California utility PG&E — released a ...

Over the past two decades, California has become a juggernaut of solar energy production. But that doesn’t mean its residents are reaping huge benefits. A new analysis by Los Angeles Times staff ...