BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has named Richard “Dick” Kelly as Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Kelly is the former Chairman and CEO of Xcel Energy, and brings more than four decades of experience in the electricity generation and public utility industry to his role at BrightSource. “Dick has [...]
PHOTON`s 7th Solar Electric Utility Conference convenes on Feb. 2 in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, California –In his 2012 State of the State speech on Jan. 18, California Governor Jerry Brown said the Golden State is on track to meet “and substantially exceed” a requirement he signed into law last year for utilities to supply 33 [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission to develop three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power tower plants (750 megawatts combined) in California’s Riverside County. The power towers, which will be located primarily on land owned by the Metropolitan Water District, will collectively [...]
In October 2011, BrightSource Energy filed an Application for Certification with the California Energy Commission for the development of a three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (750 megawatts nominal combined) in California’s Riverside County. If approved, the Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility (SEGF) will use BrightSource’s proprietary LPT solar thermal energy system and [...]
In June 2008, BrightSource Energy opened the Solar Energy Development Center (SEDC), a fully operational solar demonstration facility used to test equipment, materials and procedures as well as construction and operating methods. The SEDC is located in the Rotem Industrial Park in Israel’s Negev Desert, about 100km (60 miles) southeast of Jerusalem. The SEDC is [...]
BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is currently being deployed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California’s Mojave Desert. Ivanpah, which started construction in October 2010, is the first project that will deliver power to serve the company’s signed contracts with PG&E and Southern California Edison. The project – which counts NRG Solar, [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs, develops and sells solar thermal power systems that deliver reliable, clean energy to utilities and industrial companies. The BrightSource Energy team blends internationally-renowned solar thermal technical experience with world-class finance and project development capabilities. BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is designed to minimize impact to the environment and help customers reduce [...]
OAKLAND, California. BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today added three new energy sector veterans to its management team. I look forward to working with our new team members as we build on the company’s many accomplishments and continue setting the bar globally for the utility-scale solar industry. The newest members of [...]
BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY FILES APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION FOR Next-generation power tower plant design sets the bar in land-efficiency for utility-scale solar technologies Project to create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in state and local tax revenue BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the [...]
Project to create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in state and local tax revenue BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission for the development of two 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (500 megawatts combined) in California’s Inyo County. [...]
US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies decreased by 44% to $1.1 billion in Q2 2011 compared to Q2 2010, while deals fell 12% to 68, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. The decline in cleantech investment in Q2 2011 comes in comparison to the [...]
2011 will go down In the CSP history books as an excellent year. Following announcements for 2 loan guarantees in late 2010 to construct Ivanpah (a tower CSP plant by BrightSource Energy) and Solana (a parabolic trough with 7 hours storage by Abengoa), 2011 has come with an unprecedented levels of support by the DoE [...]
Bechtel joined BrightSource Energy in a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a groundbreaking project that will usher in a new era of advanced solar power in the United States.The ceremony was held in California’s Mojave Desert next to the Ivanpah site. Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel’s [...]
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