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Google’s Largest Investment Goes To BrightSource Energy

Tafline Laylin
By Tafline Laylin
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BrightSource EnergyGoogle Invests $168 million in BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System

Google has announced that it will invest $168 million in BrightSource Energy’s Solar Energy Generating System in the Mohave desert. Following a series of fits and starts dictated by the energy politics du jour, the world’s largest solar power plant finally broke ground in October, 2010. Google said in a press release that this investment amounts to their largest ever, and that they have now invested a total of $250 million in reliable, clean energy. Expected to be completed in 2013, BSE’s 392MW solar power plant will provide enough energy to take 90,000 cars off the road over its 25 year lifespan.

More on BrightSource Energy:

BrightSource Cuts World’s Largest Solar Energy Deal With SCE

California’s PG&E Signs Historical Solar Deal With BrightSource Energy

BrightSource One Step Closer to World’s Largest Solar Plant

Tafline Laylin
Tafline Laylinhttp://www.greenprophet.com
As a tour leader who led “eco-friendly” camping trips throughout North America, Tafline soon realized that she was instead leaving behind a trail of gas fumes, plastic bottles and Pringles. In fact, wherever she traveled – whether it was Viet Nam or South Africa or England – it became clear how inefficiently the mandate to re-think our consumer culture is reaching the general public. Born in Iran, raised in South Africa and the United States, she currently splits her time between Africa and the Middle East. Tafline can be reached at tafline (at) greenprophet (dot) com.

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