What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.

Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada state line. Maybe you’ve read about birds getting fried to death as they fly through the sunlight directed to the tops of the towers by fields of mirrors.

The Primm plant went into service a decade ago. During the 2000s and 2010s, various private companies invested in large-scale concentrating solar power in the United States. “It

Two units at the massive solar power plant near Primm, Nevada will shut down in the coming years as a deal with a California utility winds down.NRG Energy and P

A magnitude 6.2 quake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province on Friday, the country's geophysics agency said on social media platform X. The quake was 29 kilometres deep and has no tsunami potential,

Auditions for the 2025 Asheville Community Talent Showcase (A.C.T.S.), a vibrant celebration of the rich talent from communities across Western North Carolina, are at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Asheville Community Theatre. For details, visit ashevilletheatre.org.

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.

YUBA CITY — Lower-cost electricity could be heading your way if you live in California's Sutter or Nevada counties. Pioneer Community Energy, a not-for-profit electricity provider, is looking to expand its service. The company is locally owned and already serves approximately 800,000 customers.

Nordic Aquafarms has agreed to pay $125,000 to an activist group that fought the company's recently abandoned plan to build a large aquaculture project in Belfast. The Norwegian company had for years attempted to build a $500 million facility,

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Tri-Cities area as possible freezing rain is forecast for early Friday morning. The highest risk of precipitation falling as freezing rain is from 4 to 7 a.m.

A hidden treasure beneath California’s Mojave Desert is set to revolutionize the renewable energy sector. Spanish solar developer RIC Energy has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the state’s largest green hydrogen facility,

Sutter County, Yuba City and Live Oak have begun the process of joining a coalition of local government agencies in the region that have created an alternative to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for electricity generation.