News Source: Merced Sun-Star
| about 1 year ago
The three installations, together, will generate enough electricity for more than 375,000 homes. They'll be designed and built by BrightSource Energy Inc. of Oakland, with the first plant starting operation as early as 2011. Under state law, all...
News Source: Venture Beat
| about 1 year ago
When we talk about solar power projects, the cost is generally still counted in the millions of dollars, not billions. But a new deal between the California utility PG&E and a solar thermal company heralds the next age of renewable energy, when...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| about 1 year ago
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will announce contracts today for three new large solar power plants in the Mojave Desert, whose open spaces and clear skies have placed it at the center of a renewable energy boom. The three installations, together,...
News Source: The Mercury News
| about 1 year ago
Pacific Gas & Electric today will announce the largest series of solar-power contracts in the utility's history...If the solar-thermal power plants designed by Oakland's BrightSource Energy become operational, a significant amount of power for PG&E...