Press Releases

• 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