Obama Giant Solar Plant Funded by $1.6B Shut Down After Only 10 Years | Frontpage Mag
Go Green, go broke.
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Back in the day, Obama Inc. bragged that “loan guarantees are helping Solyndra in Fremont, California, build a high-tech, solar panel manufacturing facility with the capacity to build 230 MW a year. The Department of Energy also has issued conditional commitments for BrightSource Energy to build a 377 MW solar power plant in Ivanpah, California. Together, Solyndra and BrightSource estimate that these projects will lead to over 4,000 construction jobs and over 1,000 ongoing manufacturing and operations jobs.”
Solyndra filed for a gigantic $570 million bankruptcy, now the Ivanpah mess is finally being closed down.
Closing down this gargantuan green monstrosity will save the lives of thousands of birds and other animals.
Environmental groups claim the plant’s intense solar reflections have caused numerous bird deaths, with around 6,000 being incinerated mid-air every year. Additionally, concerns have been raised about its impact on the habitat of the threatened desert tortoise.
“Along with killing thousands of birds and tortoises, the project’s construction destroyed irreplaceable pristine desert habitat along with numerous rare plant species,” Julia Dowell, a senior campaign organizer at the Sierra Club, an environmental organization, said. “The Ivanpah plant was a financial boondoggle and environmental disaster.”
Go Green, go broke.