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.

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

The seasons will battle over the thermostat across the U.S. next week. Spring-like temperatures will take over much of the South and East while winter keeps parts of the northern tier in its grasp. Will you need to turn on your air conditioning to accommodate the 80s or keep that heat cranking in the single digits?

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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.

A federal lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges one of the main companies involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center racially discriminated against one of

Nicaragua’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife “copresidents” of the Central American nation. Rosario Murillo currently serves as vice p

BENSON — Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., was selected in January to receive $485 million in grant money through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's New Empowering Rural America Program.

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.

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,

The project, a collaboration between Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity ... and will cover approximately 90 square kilometers in the Abu Dhabi desert. The total investment is estimated at around $6 billion, with ...