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Labor Unions and Construction Company Reach Agreement to Build Solar Thermal Facility

Bechtel Construction Company and two labor organizations today announced an agreement for the construction of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System, a 440-megawatt solar thermal power facility in southeastern California.

Under the Project Labor Agreement (PLA), the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTC), and the Building & Construction Trades Council of San [...]

BrightSource Energy Selects Bechtel to Build a 440 Mwatt Thermal Solar Generation Plant

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(Oakland, CA) September 9, 2009 – BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, announced today that it has selected Bechtel, the world’s premier engineering, construction and project management firm, as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System.

The two companies also announced that Bechtel Enterprises, [...]