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Going Green Award

AO GoingGreen Top 100 Private Companies – 2007

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Click HERE for a one-page overview of BrightSource Energy, Inc..

June 11, 2008 .... BrightSource Energy / Luz II Dedicate Solar Energy Development Center ...Operational solar field, first of its kind in Israel; a landmark for new technology. Click HERE for press release.

BrightSource Energy exceeds $115 M in its latest round as important new investors, including Google.org, BP Alternative Energy, and StatoilHydro, join existing syndicate. Click HERE for press release.

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announces the signing of contracts
with BrightSource Energy for 900 MW of clean, renewable solar
power - the largest solar power commitment ever made by a utility. Click HERE to download press release.

September 6, 2007 … BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY FILES FIRST SOLAR AFC IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1989…Application For Construction (AFC) Filed For 400 MW Solar Power Plant Complex.  Click HERE for the full press release.

April 18, 2007 … JACK JENKINS-STARK NAMED CFO FOR BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY…Jenkins-Stark Joins BrightSource Energy From SVB Financial Group. Click HERE for the full press release.

PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS FEATURING BRIGHTSOURCE EXECUTIVES:

John Woolard will be speaking at The Private Equity International Energy Forum, NYC, October 7-8, 2008. For a complete list of energy forum speakers, click here.

Intersolar North America - Concentrating Solar Technologies and Markets, San Francisco, CA...July 14, 2008

Always On - Going Green, San Francisco, CA...September 15, 2008

Concentrated Solar Power, San Francisco, CA...September 29, 2008

Solar Power 2007, Long Beach, CA…September 24-27, 2007

GoingGreen Conference, UC Davis…September 10-12, 2007

National Solar Conference, Cleveland, OH…July 7, 2007

VantagePoint Venture Partners Clean-Tech Conference, St. Helena, CA…May 6-8, 2007

Goldman Sachs Renewable Investment Conference, New York, NY…May 2-3, 2007

Renewable Energy Finance and Investment Summit, Scottsdale, AZ…April 23-25, 2007

National Venture Capital Association, Washington, DC…April 17, 2007

NREL CSP Workshop, Oakland, CA…March 7, 2007

Dow-Jones Venture One Outlook, San Francisco, CA…February 27-28, 2007

 

RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY:

October 3, 2008 - San Francisco Business Times
Executive Profile: John Woolard CEO, BrightSource Energy Inc.

September 23, 2008 - The New York Times
Reclaiming His Place in the Sun

September 16, 2008 - Greentech Media
BrightSource Energy: The Realities of U.S. Energy Policy

August 1, 2008 - San Francisco Business Times
BrightSource goes to front of solar power crowd

July 20, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Clean-tech pacesetters for a low-carbon California

July 15, 2008 - Fortune
The Southwest desert's real estate boom

June 14, 2008 - Jerusalem Post
Harvesting the desert’s crop

June 13, 2008 - EETimes
Israel serves as testbed to Californian solar energy project

June 13, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
BrightSource's novel solar thermal power concept for California heats up

June 13, 2008 - TreeHugger.com
Solar Thermal Test Center Opened by BrightSource Energy in Israel

June 13, 2008 - Wired
Solar Thermal Demo Plant Rises in Israeli Desert

June 12, 2008 - Associated Press
Israeli Technology May Offer Cheap Solar Power

June 12, 2008 - DataMonitor
BrightSource completes solar development center in Negev Desert

June 12, 2008 - EcoSwitch
New Solar Power Technology Tested in Israel

June 12, 2008 - Energy Business Review
BrightSource completes solar development center in Negev Desert

June 12, 2008 - Jerusalem Post
New Negev research center to test solar technology

June 12, 2008 - Jerusalem Post
One on One: Reaching for the Sun

June 11, 2008 - Globes Online
Luz II to launch pilot solar facility in Dimona:  The project is intended to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the firm's technology.

June 11, 2008 - Reuters
Israel site for California solar power test

solar power complex

Click here to learn more about BrightSource's technology and the Solar Energy Development Center.

MarketWatch video - BrightSource CEO Talks Large Scale...

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