BrightSource Energy Plans For An IPO

A recent filing statement indicates that BrightSource Energy, the developer behind the Ivanpah Solar facility, wants to test the stock market with a clean energy IPO. Read more →

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Ivanpah Solar Power Project Hits Big Pay Day

Brightsource Energy, the developer of the controversial Ivanpah solar project, has secured $1.6 billion in guaranteed federal loans and a new investment from Google. Read more →

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Green Vs Green In Another Solar Lawsuit

Ivanpah solar power plant, lawsuit

A group sues to stop the 392 MW Ivanpah solar plant in California, alleging a threat to the desert tortoise and failure to follow environmental laws. Read more →

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Lawsuit Threatens Big Scale Solar Plants

Ivanpah power plant, BrightSource Energy, Native American lawsuit

A federal lawsuit claims the BLM failed to adequate consult with Native Americans before approving six big solar power plants in the California desert. Read more →

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Ivanpah Solar Plant Construction Begins

BrightSource Energy has been construction on the large scale Ivanpah solar power facility in a California desert, with an expected finish date in 2013. Read more →

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U.S. OKs 3rd Golden State Solar Project

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The Interior Department gives BrightSource Energy go-ahead to build the big Ivanpah project in the Mojave Desert, its third major solar approval this week. Read more →

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Fourth Major California Solar Plant A Go

The California Energy Commission has given a thumbs up to the 370 MW Ivanpah solar thermal plant, now having approved four solar power plants in as many weeks. Read more →

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U.S. DoE Loaning World’s Largest Solar Energy Project Over $1.37 Billion

Brightsource Ivanpah

The United States Department of Energy is set to loan BrightSource Energy, the company behind the massive Ivanpah solar energy project in California's Mojave Desert, over $1.37 billion to fund it. Read more →

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