BrightSource Energy
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| 2020 | Company appears to be inactive, with main telephone number directed to voicemail and no recent website announcements since 2017. |
| 2017 | Arnold Goldman, the founder of BrightSource, passed away. |
| September 2016 | BrightSource signed a deal to sell its Ivanpah solar farm technology to a Chinese state-run energy company project. |
| March 2016 | BrightSource confirmed it was supplying technology to Ashalim Power Station in the Negev Desert, Israel. |
| 2015 | The Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System Project was withdrawn due to concerns over wildlife, groundwater, and cultural resources. |
| November 2014 | BrightSource announced a joint venture with Shanghai Electric to build two 135 MW CSP plants in the Qinghai Delingha Solar Thermal Power Generation Project. |
| September 2014 | BrightSource withdrew its application for the Palen solar thermal power plant near Riverside due to environmental concerns, and shifted focus to overseas projects. |
| February 13 2014 | The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, a 377 MW plant, officially opened, with a total project cost of $2.2 billion. |
| 2013 | The Rio Mesa Solar Project was cancelled. |
| 2012 | BrightSource proposed the Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System Project near Charleston View, California. |
| December 2011 | The California Energy Commission began reviewing BrightSource's proposed 750 MW Rio Mesa Solar Project in Riverside County. |
| November 2011 | Google announced it would stop investing in CSP projects, having spent $168 million on BrightSource. |
| May 2010 | BrightSource hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to prepare for a public offering in 2011, and completed its fourth round of equity financing, raising $150 million. |
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