Comments on: BrightSource Planning 2nd Huge Solar Power Plant in California, Bigger One (+ Top Solar Power Stories)

By: The Israel Connection: Solar Power and Energy Independence | CleanTechnica

The Israel Connection: Solar Power and Energy Independence | CleanTechnica — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:54:09 +0000

[…] but some of America’s biggest clean energy projects have deep roots in the Negev’s dry soil. BrightSource Energy, an American company building the 392-megawatt (MW) Ivanpah concentrated solar power (CSP) project […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:17:00 +0000

Ivanpah is costing about $2.2 billion for 400 MW, so figure this one at about $2.5 billion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:26:00 +0000

haha, don’t think so

By: tibi stibi

tibi stibi — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:13:00 +0000

“These are to be 250 MW each”
and
“BrightSource is currently backed by Google, French energy giant Alstom, Morgan Stanley, Chevron, and NRG Energy and has filed for a $250-million initial public offering.”

can i conclude that 250 MW costs 250$??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:19:00 +0000

woops, thanks, correcting! seeing those figures everywhere, but didn’t look all the way back at the source

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:04:00 +0000

"[Hidden Hills 1 & 2] are each supposed to be almost twice the size of Ivanpah, 250 MW compared to 130 MW." Ivanpah consists of two 100 MW units, and one 200 MW unit. This is another step up, but not that dramatic.