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At their headquarters in Oakland, a model from three years ago, when the Ivanpah solar thermal power station was just a dream.

Today, it is the largest solar plant under construction in the world.

Above the model, they have a video feed from the construction site (below).

7 responses to “BrightSource Energy”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

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    More photos from BrightSource, and a couple from my colleague’s trip to their facility in the Negev Desert of Israel:

    Solar Thermal Fashion

    Brightsource tower

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  2. flytrue2 Avatar
    flytrue2

    Much like the Stirling engine it’s an exquisitely simple idea. The biggest challenge in the US is efficient transmission of electricity from the desert to population centers.

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  3. aloof lock Avatar
    aloof lock

    Fascinating.

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  4. gsikich1 Avatar
    gsikich1

    Great information. How’s the algae project proceeding?

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  5. Bill York Avatar
    Bill York

    They need to publish the video feed! And I want to see the time lapse movie when the construction is done.

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  6. solerena Avatar
    solerena

    very cool! love all things solar:)

    Here is Bill Gates about solar:
    blogs.forbes.com/williampentland/2011/05/05/bill-gates-wi…

    so new paradigm is needed here…

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  7. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    yes, Bill is very sour on all forms of solar. He prefers new nuclear. Germany’s recent decision to retire their nuclear plants and try to replace them with solar and wind must irritate his sense of economics.

    @gsikich1 – the algae project is coming along just swimingly. =)

    And here is the latest shot of the first of three solar fields going in Ivanpah:

    That’s a full golf course to the right for a sense of scale…

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