Tag: BrightSource

Will burning birds shut down Brightsource, world’s largest solar thermal power plant?

The switch was flipped this week as California's Ivanpah solar thermal power plant went live. The 392 megawatt concentrating...

Why BrightSource Did not Need that IPO

When BrightSource withdrew its IPO this month, the death knell for solar was sounded, as always. The truth is...

Israel’s BrightSource Still Private After IPO Withdrawal

Concentrated solar power company BrightSource doesn't wear its Israeli identity on its sleeve. "We're a U.S. company with Israeli engineering,...

Has Israel Become a Petrostate?

Why does Israel so lag Arab neighbors like Morocco and Egypt in its renewable energy production? I do not understand how the nation that invented CSP solar thermal - the solar energy that now powers much of the worlds gigantic utility-scale solar plants - can be just now announcing some tiny 35 MW solar project as its "largest ever!" - and Spain's Solaer group that is supposedly to build it; doesn't even have a website - when Morocco is building its first 500 MW plant with international energy giant Siemens. Can anyone tell me what's going on? I have never lived in the Middle East region, unlike the rest of the local bloggers here at GreenProphet - perhaps I'm missing something that is rather obvious to the rest of you. In the US, only our fossil states are as backward in renewable energy development.

AORA’s Solar Sun Tulip Says Ola Sol in Spain

With a 35 meter high sun-ray collection tower and about 50 mirrors positioned to direct the sun, Israel's AORA...

Newton Becker, a Bright Source for Solar Thermal Energy, Dies at 83

Considered by some as the father of solar thermal electricity generation, Newton Becker, was the founding investor and Chairman...

BrightSource Offers World’s Biggest Solar Storage Deal

Another world's first for the Israeli-born solar power giant that pioneered solar thermal. BrightSource Energy announced this week that they...

BrightSource-Chevron Joint Solar Project To Extract Heavy Oil, Suffers Losses

BrightSource solar thermal illustration: Better than using the sun to soften oil BrightSource Energy, the California based solar thermal energy...

Al Gore’s Fund Invests $10 Million in Tigo’s Maximizer Solar Tech

$10 million is the lucky number for two Israeli cleantech companies and Al Gore. Tigo's Maximizer can add hundreds...

BrightSource Solar Raises Another $122 Million

Israeli Solar energy company BrightSource is the child, but the real father of solar thermal technology. SEC filings show...

BrightSource Breaks Ground (Finally) in California (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34o8RU5g8XYCheesy patriotic music and all, BrightSource breaks ground last week in California. Click on the video above to see...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Solar Power Wars and 10 More Headlines

BrightSource's latest deals, Tel Aviv's light rail, EUREKA in Israel and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the...