Source: BrightSource Energy, Inc.
BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs, develops and sells solar thermal power systems that deliver reliable, clean energy to utilities and industrial companies. The BrightSource Energy team blends internationally-renowned solar thermal technical experience with world-class finance and project development capabilities. BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is designed to minimize impact to the environment and help customers reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Headquartered in Oakland, Calif., BrightSource Energy is a privately held company with operations in the United States and Israel.
BrightSource has approximately 2.6 gigawatts of power under contracts with Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric Company, California’s two largest utilities. In addition, the company manages an approximately 110,000 acre development site portfolio in California and the U.S. Southwest that has the potential to accommodate approximately 11 GW of installed capacity. The company’s Solar Energy Development Center in Israel’s Negev Desert is demonstrating BrightSource’s LPT 550 technology and producing the world’s highest temperature and pressure solar thermal steam.
Source: BrightSource Energy, Inc.
BrightSource Energy, Inc. (BrightSource) designs, develops and sells solar thermal power systems for utilities and industrial companies. They are Headquartered in Oakland, California and doing work in the USA and Israel. BrightSource has approximately 2.6 gigawatts of power for Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E); California’s two largest utilities. In addition, Bright Source manages more than about 110,000 acres in California and the U.S. Southwest with the real potential to generate 11 GW.
So the main deal here today about BrightSource is they got financing for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Ivanpah is the world‘s largest solar project and double the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the U.S. today.
Now BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is currently being deployed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California’s Mojave Desert.
- The electricity generated by all three plants is enough to serve more than 140,000 homes in California during the peak hours of the day.
- The complex will reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by more than 400,000 tons per year.
- Located in Ivanpah, approximately 50 miles northwest of Needles, California (about five miles from the California-Nevada border) on federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The Green Living Guy, Seth Leitman is an independent power producer, a green living expert, and Editor of the McGraw-Hill, TAB Green Guru Guides. Seth is also an Author, Radio Host, Reporter, Writer and an Environmental Consultant on green living. The Green Living Guy writes about green living, green lighting, the green guru guides and more. Seth's books range from:
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