Media Coverage

• BrightSource Energy’s Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol for South African Solar Power Plant Design

  BrightSource Energy - February 2, 2012

• BrightSource Energy Names Dick Kelly as Board Chairman

  BrightSource Energy - January 4, 2012

• BrightSource Energy and Southern California Edison Add Energy Storage Capabilities to Power Purchase Agreements

  BrightSource Energy - November 28, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Files Application for Certification for Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility

  BrightSource Energy - October 14, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Delivers World’s Largest Solar-to-Steam Facility for Enhanced Oil Recovery to Chevron

  BrightSource Energy - October 3, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Files Application for Certification for Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System

  BrightSource Energy - August 8, 2011

• BrightSource Energy Launches SolarPLUS(TM) – High-Efficiency Solar Thermal Power Plants with Storage

  BrightSource Energy - August 3, 2011

• MIT Technology Review’s TR50 Company Profile: BrightSource Energy

  MIT Technology Review - February 23, 2011

• Inventing New Technologies and Markets

  MIT Technology Review - February 23, 2011

• Follow the Sun

  Record Eagle - February 13, 2011

• California solar startup in Greek power plant deal

  Grist - January 20, 2011

• BrightSource tech licensed to UK utility

  San Francisco Business Times - January 20, 2011

• Greek isle taps BrightSource for solar

  CNET - January 20, 2011

• Solar Project Offers a Boon to the Inland Region

  The Press Enterprise - January 19, 2011

• In Focus: Responsible Companies Behind Sustainable Energy

  CSP Today - November 19, 2010

• For the Desert Tortoise, a Threat and an Opportunity

  The New York Times - November 17, 2010

• The Tortoise and the Solar Plant: A Mojave Story

  NPR - October 30, 2010

• California Report - Work Begins on Huge Mojave Solar Plant

  KVCR - October 28, 2010

• Solar power projects could employ thousands

  The Press-Enterprise - October 27, 2010

• In California’s Mojave Desert, Solar-Thermal Projects Take Off

  Yale Environment 360 - October 27, 2010

• BrightSource breaks ground on Ivanpah solar project

  The Los Angeles Times - October 27, 2010

• $2B Mojave Desert solar plant breaks ground

  KABC-TV - October 27, 2010

• NRG Energy Inc. to Invest $300 Million in BrightSource Solar Energy Plant

  Bloomberg - October 27, 2010

• NRG To Invest $300 Million In BrightSource Solar Project

  Dow Jones - October 27, 2010

• NRG to join with BrightSource on giant solar project

  Reuters - October 27, 2010

• BrightSource, Alstom Eye Mediterranean “Ring” for Solar Thermal

  Reuters - October 20, 2010

• Producing Nearly 1200 Megawatts of Solar Power on Public Lands

  The White House Blog - October 18, 2010

• Brightsource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Power Plant Gains Final Clearance

  Los Angeles Times - October 8, 2010

• BrightSource Wins Final OK for Major Solar Plant

  Reuters - October 7, 2010

• Bechtel Corp. to Hire 1,000 for BrightSource Project

  San Francisco Business Times - October 7, 2010

• Obama Touts Clean Energy in Weekly Speech

  Wall Street Journal - October 2, 2010

• BrightSource wins OK for California solar plant

  Reuters - September 22, 2010

• Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds Approval of Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

  Office of the Governor - September 22, 2010

• California Regulators Approve 370-Megawatt Solar Power Plant

  Wall Street Journal - September 22, 2010

• Fortune 500 energy and enviro veteran named chair of solar startup

  Grist - September 21, 2010

• Solar Power Gaining Steam As Costs Get Competitive

  Investor's Business Daily - August 12, 2010

• CSP project finance: Getting your project backed

  CSP Today - August 12, 2010

• BrightSource solar plant in Mojave clears California hurdle

  San Jose Mercury News - August 4, 2010

• Technology critical to energy policy

  Politico - July 12, 2010

• Is Ivanpah the World’s Most Efficient Solar Plant?

  Greentech Media - June 23, 2010

• MBA Grads Tackle Social Problems

  Bloomberg BusinessWeek - June 7, 2010

• Big Infusion for a Solar Builder

  NY Times - May 20, 2010

• Solar Firm BrightSource Draws $150 million

  Marketwatch - May 20, 2010

• Solar thermal firm BrightSource raises $150 mln

  Reuters - May 20, 2010

• Outside Magazine looks at utility-scale solar

  Outside Magazine - May 10, 2010

• Major California Solar Project Moves Ahead

  New York Times’ Green Inc. - March 17, 2010

• Nuclear Reactors, Dams at Risk Due to Global Warming

  National Geographic News - February 26, 2010

• Solar power project in Mojave Desert gets $1.4 billion boost from stimulus funds

  Washington Post - February 22, 2010

• U.S. Offers Solar Project a Crucial Loan Guarantee

  New York Times - February 22, 2010

• Solar project gets federal backing

  San Bernardino Sun - February 22, 2010

• BrightSource is first solar developer to get a federal loan guarantee

  Las Vegas Sun - February 22, 2010

• Jobs, green power welcome

  San Bernardino Sun - December 19, 2009

• Bechtel, unions pair with BrightSource to fill construction jobs at Ivanpah solar project

  Los Angeles Times - December 17, 2009

• Inland solar project tapping large union workforce

  PE.com - November 11, 2009

• Outside Magazine - Bright Ideas

  Outside Magazine - October 1, 2009

• Vision for desert solar power plant expands

  Las Vegas Sun - September 23, 2009

• Bechtel to build solar plants for BrightSource

  San Francisco Chronicle - September 9, 2009

• Bechtel to Build Solar Plant in California

  New York Times’ Green Inc. Blog - September 8, 2009

• A Rare Peek at Green Energy Economics

  The New York Times - August 24, 2009

• A Solar-Powered Oil Field?

  The New York Times - August 24, 2009

• BrightSource Snags Chevron Deal in Stealthy Move Into Solar Steam

  Greentech Media - August 21, 2009

• PG&E wins approval for solar pact with BrightSource

  San Jose Mercury News - August 20, 2009

• Spain’s solar thermal power

  The World - July 27, 2009

• 25 Companies to Watch in Energy Tech

  BusinessWeek - July 14, 2009

• The Elusive Green Economy

  The Atlantic - June 19, 2009

• The other kind of solar power

  The Economist - June 4, 2009

• PG&E strikes huge solar power deal with BrightSource

  San Jose Mercury News - May 14, 2009

• PG&E expands solar power plans

  SFGate - May 14, 2009

• PG&E to help develop solar power for California

  ABC 7 Oakland - May 13, 2009

• Israel’s Clean Technology Pioneers

  BusinessWeek - May 7, 2009

• The Top Tens of Greentech

  Greentech Media - May 5, 2009

• Obama’s Stimulus Keeps the Solar Power Dream Alive for Start-ups

  U.S. News & World Report - March 9, 2009

• Huge Solar Facility Planned For California Desert

  Talk of the Nation (NPR) - February 27, 2009

• Start Up the Risk Takers

  The New York Times (print edition) - February 22, 2009

• Oakland firm signs solar energy deal with Edison

  Los Angeles Times - February 12, 2009

• California Utility Looks to Mojave Desert Project for Solar Power

  The New York Times (print edition) - February 12, 2009

• Solar energy ‘power towers’ to light up California

  Cnet.com - February 11, 2009

• Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We’re Talking Gigawatts

  Wired.com - February 11, 2009

• BrightSource Gains Big Solar Customer

  The Wall Street Journal - February 11, 2009

• World’s biggest solar deal for Google-backed startup

  CNNMoney.com - February 11, 2009

• Big Solar Heats Up, In Pictures: The Biggest Solar Energy Projects

  Forbes.com - February 9, 2009

• Solar thermal turns up the heat in renewables market

  Green Right Now - February 2, 2009

• Many of nation’s green leaders from Bay Area

  SFGate - February 1, 2009

• Tech Leaders of Tomorrow

  BusinessWeek - December 12, 2008

• Executive Profile: John Woolard CEO, BrightSource Energy Inc.

  San Francisco Business Times - October 3, 2008

• Reclaiming His Place in the Sun

  The New York Times - September 23, 2008

• BrightSource Energy: The Realities of U.S. Energy Policy

  Greentech Media - September 16, 2008

• BrightSource goes to front of solar power crowd

  San Francisco Business Times - August 1, 2008

• Clean-tech pacesetters for a low-carbon California

  Los Angeles Times - July 20, 2008

• The Southwest desert’s real estate boom

  Fortune - July 15, 2008

• Harvesting the desert’s crop

  Jerusalem Post - June 14, 2008

• Israel serves as testbed to Californian solar energy project

  EETimes - June 13, 2008

• BrightSource’s novel solar thermal power concept for California heats up

  Los Angeles Times - June 13, 2008

• Solar Thermal Test Center Opened by BrightSource Energy in Israel

  TreeHugger.com - June 13, 2008

• Solar Thermal Demo Plant Rises in Israeli Desert

  WIred - June 13, 2008

• Israeli Technology May Offer Cheap Solar Power

  Associated Press - June 12, 2008

• BrightSource completes solar development center in Negev Desert_2

  DataMonitor - June 12, 2008

• New Solar Power Technology Tested in Israel

  EcoSwitch - June 12, 2008

• New Negev research center to test solar technology

  Jerusalem Post - June 12, 2008

• BrightSource completes solar development center in Negev Desert

  Energy Business Review - June 12, 2008