1.3 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power in California to be Developed by PG&E and BrightSource

image: BrightSource In what both parties are characterizing as the biggest solar deal in the world, utility PG&E and solar thermal power developer BrightSource have announced that they have signed an agreement to develop seven solar thermal power plants in California totaling 1.31 GW, the first of which, in Ivanpah, is expected to come online in 2012: ...