No. of Recommendations: 3
I'll admit, I actually thought this was a good idea when first proposed and built. But what I should have done was dig deeper.
I'm referring to the Ivanpah solar energy plant in California. It's set to close.
First, some background:
ocregister.com - Its not easy being green ivanpah solar plant near nevada burns a lot of natural gas making it a greenhouse gasIt’s not easy being green: Ivanpah solar plant near Nevada burns a lot of natural gas, making it a greenhouse gas emitter under state law.Wait. What? It burns nat gas? What for?
The administration’s initiative, which uses millions of taxpayer dollars to promote green energy, has been a boon for the Ivanpah plant in the Mojave Desert. But Ivanpah uses natural gas as a supplementary fuel, and data from the California Energy Commission show the plant burned enough of it in 2014 – its first year of operation – to emit more than 46,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
That’s nearly twice the pollution threshold at which power plants and factories in California are required to participate in the state’s cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon emissions.Uhhh...not good.
After several years, $2.2B spent and 650k fried birds...it's closing down:
X (Twitter): Kevin Dalton on X: "As Gavin Newsom takes a taxpayer funded vacation at Climate Week in New York City, the environmental catastrophe that is the Ivanpah Solar PAs Gavin Newsom takes a taxpayer funded vacation at Climate Week in New York City, the environmental catastrophe that is the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California is shutting down.
The 2 BILLION dollar blight built on 3,500 pristine acres of Mojave desert has been responsible for incinerating more than 60,000 birds, created TWICE the pollution of a typical power plant, created 86 jobs instead of the promised 2000, and will abandon 173,500 thermal collectors in the environment they were trying to save.Woof.
