Comment on Possible closure of Ivanpah solar plant casts a shadow on DOE loans

mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Basically “a tech that looked promising in 2010 using solar mirrors and thermal batteries has lost out to rapidly advancing solar panels and chemical batteries. It is being shutdown now.”

The failure of an experimental tech is not some roaring indictment of the federal energy loans program. The whole post of the program is to try to get tech off the ground until it’s self-sustaining commercially. You’re going to get some misses there, but the wins far, far outweigh them.

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