Press Releases

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that Chief Executive Officer John Woolard has been named one of the Bay Area’s Most Admired CEO’s by the San Francisco Business Times.

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Nevada’s Coyote Springs Land Company™ to provide the sites for up to 960 megawatts of clean and reliable solar thermal energy to the California and Nevada markets.

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.

BrightSource Energy, a developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, today announced it has been named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™, LLC, providers of leading research, events and advisory services for the cleantech ecosystem.

BrightSource Energy, Inc., a developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, announced today that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the first two of its seven contracts with PG&E.

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, was named a recipient of the San Francisco Business Times’ Green Business Award in San Francisco on June 11, 2009.

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, announced today that Chief Financial Officer Jack Jenkins-Stark has been named the Bay Area’s CFO of the Year.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, Inc. for a total of 1,310 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal power.

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, announced today that it has reached agreement on the principal terms of a private land contract with Nevada’s newest master planned community developer, Coyote Springs Land Company™.

Southern California Edison (SCE) and BrightSource Energy have reached agreement on a series of contracts for 1,300 megawatts of clean solar thermal power, enough to serve nearly 845,000 homes.