What The Massive Ivanpah Solar Power Project Is About

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Future360.tv spoke with John Woolard, CEO of BrightSource Energy, to learn about the Ivanpah solar power facility in the Mojave Desert. Read more →

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Solar Tower With Storage Advances In Nevada

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SolarReserve reports that the receiving unit for its Crescent Dunes solar power tower, with molten salt storage tech, is in place. Read more →

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What The Flux: BrightSource Heats Up Solar Tower

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The massive Ivanpah power-tower solar energy plant is in the home stretch of development, having achieved "first flux," BrightSource Energy says. Read more →

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LA Times Solar Reporter Draws Fire From Greens

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Julie Cart's coverage of solar power development in the California desert prompts the question: Is she "the most anti-solar reporter in the mainstream media"? Read more →

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BrightSource Eyes More Power Towers With Cash Infusion

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Concentrating solar might be struggling, but BrightSource Energy just raised $80 million in equity investment, and won regulator approval for two (of five) power purchase deals. Read more →

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Does Power Tower Solar Harm Birds And Bats?

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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official wants new power tower solar plant approvals delayed until monitoring data on their avian impacts comes in. Read more →

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Solar Tower Project, Halfway Done, Clears Court Hurdle

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Environmentalists are still trying to stop the Ivanpah concentrating solar plant in the Mojave Desert, but it's already passed the midway point in construction. Read more →

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Who Were The Clean Energy Money-Tree Shakers?

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In a record breaking 2011, a new cast of players took leadership spots in making clean energy investment happen, including the U.S. Federal Financing Bank. Read more →

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Google Ends A Renewable Research Project

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Google pulls the plug on its power-tower focused renewable energy project, saying others are better equipped to take the solar research "to the next level." Read more →

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Ivanpah Tower Design Competition Heats Up

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The Zurich firm Rafaa offers two stylish tower designs for BrightSource Energy's under-construction Ivanpah power plant in the Mojave Desert. Read more →

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