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California to Keep Bird Broiling Solar
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Posted By: Hazymac, 1/13/2026 1:54:56 PM

I was in Las Vegas with my family the week before Christmas. On the drive back to California we passed a solar generation site called Ivanpah. If you haven't seen this before it's pretty striking in person. Instead of using photo-voltaic cells, the site has three towers surrounded by mirrors. The mirrors focus light and heat on the towers which use the concetrated heat to turn turbines. The site was built with funds from several major companies including Google and a federal loan guarantee of $1.6 billion dollars. When this site opened in 2014, it was considered a step into the future of solar energy,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: VAPMAN 1/13/2026 3:00:46 PM (No. 2054344)
Not a peep out of th Audubon Society about the loss of birds to wind and solar installations. Leftist ideology trumps everything including promoting costly wasteful nature destructive technology.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 1/13/2026 3:46:42 PM (No. 2054354)
This boondoggle science project is impressive, if nothing else. As the sunlight gets concentrated close to the towers, it's as if you can actually see the heat. Was glad to hear it was to be shut down, and disappointed to learn now that it isn't. Thanks for posting.
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