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 ...

Solar and wind curtailment have increased by 29% between 2023 and 2024 in California, according to the US Energy Information ...

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 ...

California is pursuing options such as increasing battery storage and using excess renewable energy to make hydrogen, said ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

California solar output takes a hit from wildfire smoke ... be forced to increase generation from coal and natural gas-fired plants which may exacerbate air quality readings.

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 ...