Posts Tagged ‘ BrightSource Energy ’

Brightsource announces new Partnership with Bechtel

Brightsource announced that they selected Bechtel as their Engineering firm of choice for their 2010 Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System. The press release claims that the economic value of the Contract (and presumably the Plant itself) is some US$3bn. Only in December 2008, Brightsource announced that they contracted with Siemens (Siemens builds the largest Power [ READ MORE ]

BrightSource strikes deal with Chevron to build solar plant – to extract oil

This is an interesting news. On 21 Aug 2009, Chevron Corp announced plans to build a solar plant in Coalinga, CA, to create the steam that boosts production at an aging California oilfield, in a pioneering project the company aims to replicate elsewhere if it works, Reuters reported. BrightSource Energy has been tapped by Chevron [ READ MORE ]

BrightSource Energy

About: BrightSource Energy, Inc. provides clean, reliable and low cost solar energy for utility and industrial companies worldwide. The BrightSource Energy team combines nearly three decades of experience designing, building and operating the world’s largest solar energy plants with world-class project development capabilities. The company now has contracted to sell more than 2.6 gigawatts of [ READ MORE ]

Google Ventures

About: There isn’t much information on Google Ventures’ website. It describes itself as “Google Ventures seeks to discover and grow great companies – we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. We’re studying a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care. We invest anywhere from [ READ MORE ]

VantagePoint Venture Partners

About: VantagePoint Venture Partners is a leader in investing in 21st Century technologies and partners with entrepreneurs in the CleanTech, Healthcare and Information Technology sectors. With a large investment team of experts, a broad network of Strategic Partners and Senior Advisors, and more than $4.5 billion in committed capital, the Firm has the depth of [ READ MORE ]

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

About: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) backs extraordinary entrepreneurs everywhere who set out to change the world. DFJ achieves its mission through its DFJ Global Network of Partner Funds. Together, DFJ and the Network manage over $6B and have made more than 600 investments on four continents. With a 24-year history (since its founding in 1985) [ READ MORE ]

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