Press Releases

• BrightSource Energy’s Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol for South African Solar Power Plant Design

  February 2, 2012

• BrightSource Energy Names Dick Kelly as Board Chairman

  January 4, 2012

• BrightSource Energy and Southern California Edison Add Energy Storage Capabilities to Power Purchase Agreements

  November 28, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Files Application for Certification for Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility

  October 14, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Delivers World’s Largest Solar-to-Steam Facility For Enhanced Oil Recovery to Chevron

  October 3, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Adds Energy Sector Leaders to Management Team

  August 16, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Files Application for Certification for Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System

  August 8, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Launches SolarPLUS(TM) – High-Efficiency Solar Thermal Power Plants with Storage

  August 3, 2011

• BrightSource Energy CEO John Woolard Awarded San Francisco Business Times Cleantech & Sustainability Award for Entrepreneurship

  June 17, 2011

• BrightSource Energy, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

  April 22, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Closes Financing for Ivanpah Project

  April 11, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Raises an Additional $200 Million of Equity Financing

  March 31, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Named to MIT Technology Review’s 2011 List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

  March 3, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Founder Arnold Goldman Awarded Lifelong Contribution Award from Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative

  February 22, 2011

• BrightSource Energy’s LPT 550 Technology Selected by Nur Energie for Solar Thermal Power Plant In Crete

  January 20, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Breaks Ground on Ivanpah Solar Electronic Generating System

  October 27, 2010

• NRG Energy and BrightSource Energy Partner on Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  October 27, 2010

• Alstom and BrightSource Energy Step Up Solar Partnership

  October 20, 2010

• BrightSource Energy was Named a Global Cleantech 100 Company

  October 13, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Signs Contract with Siemens for Additional Solar-Powered Steam Turbine Generators

  October 12, 2010

• US Bureau of Land Management Approves BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  October 7, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Founder Arnold Goldman Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from SolarPACES

  October 4, 2010

• President Obama Highlights BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Project During Weekly Radio Address

  October 2, 2010

• California Energy Commission Licenses BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  September 22, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Appoints John E. Bryson as Board Chairman

  September 21, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Signs Boiler Agreement with Riley Power, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc.

  September 9, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Names Thomas O’Flynn to Board of Directors

  September 8, 2010

• Lynda Ward Pierce Named Senior Vice President of Human Resources for BrightSource Energy

  August 24, 2010

• California Public Utilities Commission Approves BrightSource Energy Contract with Southern California Edison

  August 12, 2010

• U.S. Bureau of Land Management Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  August 6, 2010

• California Energy Commission Recommends Approval of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  August 4, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Raises an Additional $150 Million of Equity Financing

  May 20, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Offered Nearly $1.4 Billion in Loan Guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy

  February 22, 2010

• BrightSource Energy Proposes Reduced Footprint Alternative Mitigation For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  February 11, 2010

• Carlos Aguilar Named Senior Vice President of Global Development for BrightSource Energy

  January 26, 2010

• California Labor Unions and Bechtel Construction Company Reach Agreement to Build BrightSource Ivanpah Solar Facility

  December 17, 2009

• BrightSource Energy’s John Woolard Recognized as Most Admired CEO

  November 19, 2009

• California Public Utilities Commission Approves BrightSource Energy Contracts with PG&E

  September 24, 2009

• BrightSource Energy and Coyote Springs Land Company Expand Land Agreement

  September 22, 2009

• BrightSource Energy and Bechtel Partner on Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System

  September 9, 2009

• BrightSource Energy Named A Global Cleantech 100 Company

  September 9, 2009

• BrightSource Energy Selected as Overall Winner of AlwaysOn’s 2009 GoingGreen Top 100 Private Companies Competition

  September 3, 2009

• California Public Utilities Commission Approves First Two BrightSource Energy Contracts with PG&E

  August 28, 2009

• BrightSource Energy Wins San Francisco Business Times Green Business Award

  June 12, 2009

• BrightSource Energy CFO Named Bay Area CFO of the Year

  June 5, 2009

• PG&E and BrightSource Sign Record Solar Power Deal

  May 13, 2009

• BrightSource Energy Reaches Private Land Agreement With Coyote Springs Land Company

  March 17, 2009

• Southern California Edison and BrightSource Energy Sign World’s Largest Solar Deal

  February 11, 2009

• BrightSource Energy announced today that Andrew Siegelstein has been named General Manager for the company’s subsidiary BrightSource Construction Management Company

  January 26, 2009

• BrightSource Energy Signs Contract with Siemens for Largest Ever Fully Solar-Powered Steam Turbine Generator.

  December 9, 2008

• BrightSource Energy has been selected as a 2009 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.

  December 4, 2008

• BrightSource Energy / Luz II Dedicate Solar Energy Development Center ...Operational solar field, first of its kind in Israel; a landmark for new technology.

  June 11, 2008

• BrightSource Energy exceeds $115 M in its latest round as important new investors, including Google.

  May 14, 2008

• Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announces the signing of contracts with BrightSource Energy for 900 MW of clean, renewable solar power - the largest solar power commitment ever made by a utility.

  April 1, 2008

• BrightSource Energy Files First Solar AFC in California since 1989…Application For Construction (AFC) Filed For 400 MW Solar Power Plant Complex

  September 6, 2007

• Jack Jenkins-Stark named CFO for BrightSource Energy …Jenkins-Stark Joins BrightSource Energy From SVB Financial Group

  April 18, 2007