It stands to significantly impact and alter ecosystems across the Great Basin and Mojave Desert." Unlike other extractive use of public lands, constructive solar energy panels "causes significant ...

In the heat of the Mojave Desert, the world's largest solar generator is utilizing advanced heliostat technology to produce ...

Developers have proposed building the Soda Mountain Solar ... of Mojave National Preserve. It would be the closest renewable energy project to a national park site in the entire southwestern United ...

Rooftop solar panels are popular in many parts of the world, but power is generated much more cheaply and efficiently in ...

In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant created concerns about how the facility would affect threatened desert tortoises, and conservationists are working to ensure ...

Technology: BrightSource is cutting the cost of solar thermal power by using sunlight ... installation now under construction in the Mojave Desert, BrightSource secured a $1.4 billion loan ...

At the western tip of the Mojave Desert sits a mosaic ... liquid in the tower heats up, and that thermal energy fuels a heat engine. Unlike a solar farm, which generates electricity for homes ...