When it went online in 2014, the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert was the largest solar facility on Earth. The plant, which features three 459-foot towers and thousands of computer-controlled mirrors known as heliostats, cost some $2.2 billion to build. When it closes next year, some 13 years ahead of schedule, the […] The post “Financial boondoggle and environmental disaster”: Lessons for Kansas on the failure of California’s Ivanpah Solar Project appeared...| The Sentinel