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This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years

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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, each taller than the Statue of Liberty. When this plant opened near the California-Nevada border in early 2014, it was pitched as the future of solar power. Just over a decade later, it’s closing. The plant’s co-owner NR…

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This alien-looking mirror field was once the future of solar energy, but it's closing in 2026

By Laura Paddison, CNN From a distance, the Ivanpah Solar Farm looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it's a vast, alien-looking facility with hundreds of thousands of mirrors pointed at three towers, each taller than the Statue of Liberty. When this plant opened near the California-Nevada border in early 2014, it was touted as the future of solar energy. Just over a decade later, it's closing.

4 months ago·Panama City, United States

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This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, each taller than the Statue of Liberty.

4 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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