BrightSource to build largest concentrating solar power plant

On August 4th, 2010, Brightsource Energy Inc., an Oakland, California-based developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced that the California Energy Commission's (CEC) siting committee recommended approval of what will be the world's largest solar energy project.  The project, called the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System (ISEGS), consists of a three-plant, 392-megawatt solar electric generating system located in California's Mojave Desert.  After a 30-day comment...