Ivanpah solar plant casts a shadow on DOE loans By Christa Marshall, Jason Plautz The concentrating solar array in California is on the path to closure after being hailed as a breakthrough for renewable power. A giant solar plant touted as a symbol of federally financed efforts to fight climate change is on the path to … Continue reading ‘World’s largest’ solar plant in Calif closing – $1.6 billion Ivanpah casts a shadow on DOE loans – ‘Federal data concluded the plant killed roughly 6,000 birds a year’