BrightSource CEO John Woolard: "I can't say we were never frustrated" about regulatory hurdles. Green energy superstar BrightSource Energy notched a big win this week when a California state regulator recommended approval of its 392-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave …

Tags: BrightSource Energy, California Energy Commision, Desert Tortoise, Ivanpah, Ivanpah Solar Power Complex, John Woolard, PG&E, SCE, Sierra Club

5 August 2010 6:15 AM EDT

BrightSource Energy was offered a $1.37 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy on Monday, the largest such loan awarded by the DOE –see official press release here. The Oakland, Calif.-based company will use this crucial government backing to secure financing to …

Tags: BP, BrightSource Energy, CSP power tower, Department of Energy, Desert Tortoise, DOE Loan Guarantee, Google, Ivanpah Solar Power Complex, Morgan Stanley, Pacific Gas and Electric, Solyndra, Solyndra thin-film photovoltaic

23 February 2010 6:15 AM EDT

Keep on truckin’ desert tortoise The desert tortoise has won! Or something like that. BrightSource Energy has proposed an alternative design for the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System in the Mojave Desert that would reduce the project’s footprint and megawattage but have less …

Tags: BrightSource, BrightSource Energy, CSP solar, Defenders of Wildlife, Desert Tortoise, Ivan, Luz Power Tower, Sierra Club

12 February 2010 23:54 AM EDT

Keep on truckin' desert tortoise The desert tortoise has won!? Or something like that. BrightSource Energy has proposed an alternative design for the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System in the Mojave Desert that would reduce the project?s footprint and megawattage but have less …

Tags: BrightSource, BrightSource Energy, CSP solar, Defenders of Wildlife, Desert Tortoise, Ivan, Luz Power Tower

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