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Mark Moore

UNBELIEVABLE: Giant solar farm in mojave desert could close just a decade after opening | History Defined

Ivanpah Solar, the largest solar power system in the world, will close if regulators allow a California utility to end its contracts with the company. PG&E says it is able to purchase power more efficiently and cheaply because of advances in green energy technology. (Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

A California utility wants to end its agreement to buy power from a giant solar farm in the Mojave Desert because it found cheaper alternative clean energy sources, a move that will sound the death knell to what was once the world's largest solar plant, according to reports.

Pacific Gas & Electric said it agrees with its owners, including NRG Energy Inc., to end its contracts with Ivanpah Solar on the California-Nevada border "to save customers money."

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