[HIMC] FW: ALERT: S.C. Edison and BrightSource Energy Sign World ¹ s Largest Solar Deal
Jennafer Yellowhorse
jyellowhorse at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 14 10:17:12 PST 2009
Native Workplace is in Austin TX address at bottom of mail. Jennafer
Yellowhorse
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Shannon <rezchix at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:44:37 -0700
> Subject: Fwd: ALERT: S.C. Edison and BrightSource Energy Sign World’s Largest
> Solar Deal
>
> HI all,
> Please forward to all!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Native Workplace <info at nativeworkplace.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:47 PM
> Subject: ALERT: S.C. Edison and BrightSource Energy Sign World's Largest Solar
> Deal
> To: rezchix at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> SCE Media Contact: Vanessa McGrady, (626) 302-2255
>
> BrightSource Energy Media Contact:
> Keely Wachs, (510) 250-8153
>
>
> Southern California Edison and BrightSource Energy Sign World's Largest Solar
> Deal
>
> Agreement for 1,300 Megawatts of Clean and Reliable Solar Thermal Power
>
> ROSEMEAD, Calif., Feb. 11, 2009 ― Southern California Edison (SCE) and
> BrightSource Energy have reached agreement on a series of contracts for 1,300
> megawatts of clean solar thermal power, enough to serve nearly 845,000 homes.
>
> "These contracts represent a significant addition to our renewable portfolio,
> which is already the nation's largest," said Stuart Hemphill, SCE vice
> president, Renewable and Alternative Power. "This innovative solar technology
> helps to further our position as the nation's largest purchaser of solar
> energy, as well."
>
> "This landmark agreement illustrates the increasing demand for solar thermal
> energy as a reliable source of utility-scale renewable power," said John
> Woolard, CEO of BrightSource Energy. "We look forward to working with Southern
> California Edison to provide clean, reliable and cost-competitive solar
> energy."
>
> The agreement, which now requires approval from the California Public
> Utilities Commission, calls for a series of seven projects totaling 1,300
> megawatts. The first of these solar power plants, sized at 100 megawatts and
> located in Ivanpah, Calif., could be operating in early 2013 and is expected
> to produce 286,000 megawatt-hours of renewable electricity per year.
> BrightSource will build and place in commercial operation each of its plants
> as quickly as permitting and infrastructure allow. The full 1,300 megawatts of
> projects will produce 3.7 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy and avoid
> more than two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually the
> equivalent of removing more than 335,000 cars from the road.
>
> BrightSource Energy's technology
> BrightSource Energy's proprietary Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550) energy system
> is built on proven "power tower" technology. The system uses thousands of
> small mirrors called heliostats to reflect sunlight onto a boiler atop a
> tower to produce high temperature steam. The steam is then piped to a
> conventional turbine which generates electricity. In order to conserve
> precious desert water, the LPT 550 system uses air-cooling to convert the
> steam back into water. The water is then returned to the boiler in an
> environmentally-friendly closed cycle. This fully integrated energy system is
> designed to offer the highest operating efficiencies and lowest capital costs
> in the industry.
>
> For its technological leadership, BrightSource Energy was recently selected as
> a 2009 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. The only solar company
> to win this year's prestigious award, BrightSource Energy was recognized for
> helping global utility and industrial customers reduce their dependence on
> fossil fuels by providing clean, low-cost and reliable solar energy.
>
> "The efficiency advancements found in the LPT 550 system reflect our technical
> team's nearly three decades of experience pioneering solar thermal
> technology," said Tom Doyle, senior vice president of project development for
> BrightSource Energy. "We have combined this engineering experience with
> world-class development capabilities to help our customers reduce their
> dependence on fossil fuels."
>
> SCE leads the nation in renewables
> SCE is currently the nation's leading purchaser of renewable energy
> and, in 2007, bought more than 80 percent of the solar energy produced in the
> United States for its customers. Also in 2007, the utility purchased about
> 12.5 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy, which comprises about 16
> percent of SCE's total energy portfolio. SCE currently has sufficient
> contracts in place that, when delivering, will meet 20 percent or more of its
> customers' energy needs with renewable energy.
>
> SCE also recently signed two wind-energy contracts. One agreement, with Puget
> Sound Energy signed in January, calls for 2 billion kilowatt-hours over the
> next two years. The projects are located in Columbia and Kittitas counties in
> Washington state. The other, with AES Mountainview, calls for 66.6 megawatts
> from a wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs. This 10-year
> contract was signed in November 2008.
>
> In addition, SCE launched an expanded standard contract program, which is
> available for all renewable technologies of 20 megawatts or less. This program
> is designed to help smaller renewable generators contribute to reaching
> California's aggressive renewable energy and environmental goals. It also
> provides a faster, simpler way for renewable projects under 20 megawatts to
> sell their power to utility customers.
>
> The current renewables portfolio includes:
> · 1,137 megawatts from wind.
> · 906 megawatts from geothermal.SCE and BrightSource Energy Sign
> World's Largest Solar Deal
> · 356 megawatts from solar.
> · 185 megawatts from biomass.
> · 332 megawatts from small hydro.
>
> For more about SCE's renewable energy program, visit www.sce.com/renewables
> <http://www.sce.com/renewables> .
>
>
> About Bright Source Energy
> 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 up to 2,200 megawatts of
> power to be generated using its proprietary solar thermal technology.
> BrightSource Energy's solar plants lead the industry in environmental design
> and help customers reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Headquartered in
> Oakland, Calif., BrightSource Energy is a privately held company with
> operations in the United States and Israel. To learn more about BrightSource
> Energy and solar thermal energy, visit www.brightsourceenergy.com
> <http://www.brightsourceenergy.com> .
>
> About Southern California Edison
> An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison is the
> largest electric utility in California, serving a population of more than 13
> million via 4.8 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area
> within Central, Coastal and Southern California.
>
> -###-
>
>
>
> www.NativeWorkplace.com
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NativeWorkplace.
> com>
> info at nativeworkplace.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This message was sent from Native Workplace to rezchix at gmail.com. It was sent
> from: Native Workplace, 4415 Garnett #A, Austin, TX 78745. You can
> modify/update your subscription via the link below.
> <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186>
> To be removed click here
> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=40367741&l=73769&s=RW
> RG&m=486049&c=298894>
> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/sub/forward?m=486049&s=40367741&c=RWRG&am
> p;cid=298894>
> View this message in the iContact Community: View message
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.c
> om%2Fp%2Fnativeworkplace%2Fnewsletters%2Fpr1%2Fposts%2Falert-sc-edison-and-bri
> ghtsource-energy-sign-> Comment on this message
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icontact.c
> om%2Fp%2Fnativeworkplace%2Fnewsletters%2Fpr1%2Fposts%2Falert-sc-edison-and-bri
> ghtsource-energy-sign-> Receive as RSS
> <http://community.icontact.com/p/nativeworkplace/newsletters/pr1/rss.xml?r=403
> 67741&l=73769&s=RWRG&m=486049&c=298894>
> Share this message with others: del.icio.us
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Fpost%3
> Fv%3D4%26noui%26jump%3Dclose%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommunity.icontact.com
> %252Fp%252Fnativeworkp> Digg
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fdigg.com%2Fsubmit%3F
> phase%3D2%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommunity.icontact.com%252Fp%252Fnativewo
> rkplace%252Fnewsletter> reddit
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Freddit.com%2Fsubmit%
> 3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommunity.icontact.com%252Fp%252Fnativeworkplace%25
> 2Fnewsletters%252Fpr1%> Facebook
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fs
> harer.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommunity.icontact.com%252Fp%252Fnativework
> place%252Fnewsletters%> StumbleUpon
> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40367741&msgid=486049&act=R
> WRG&c=298894&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stumbleupon.com%
> 2Fsubmit%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommunity.icontact.com%252Fp%252Fnativewor
> kplace%252Fnewsletters>
>
>
>
> --
> Ahe'hee
> Shannon Francis
>
>
------ End of Forwarded Message
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-houston/attachments/20090214/f5d71ff7/attachment.htm
More information about the Imc-houston
mailing list