So close except for some of those pesky details! This company may or may not get through the Ivanpah project, which will deliver power for only 140,000 homes only during peak hours of not only the day, but the peak time of year too.

Solar is a great technology which is delivering results now, and will only improve in the future. But the real promise of it lies in distributed rooftop generation, not concentrated in environmentally sensitive landscapes such as Brightsource’s. I’m shocked that a company such as Google that skillfully weaved its way around expensive supercomputers at its beginning would want to invest in this. Or maybe $168 million is a small price to pay to be friendly with the Obama administration.