Bechtel selected for Ivanpah contract
BrightSource Energy, a developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, has selected Bechtel as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for its Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System.
BrightSource Energy, a developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, has selected Bechtel as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for its Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System.
The two companies also announced that Bechtel Enterprises, the project development and financing arm of the Bechtel organisation, will become an equity investor in all of the Ivanpah solar power plants.
Under the terms of a series of EPC agreements, Bechtel will provide EPC services for the Ivanpah System – a 440MW solar power facility consisting of three separate solar thermal power plants in southeastern California.
The power generated from the solar plants will be sold under separate contracts established by BrightSource Energy with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE).
BrightSource estimates that the Ivanpah facility will result in approximately 1,000 jobs at the peak of construction, and 86 permanent jobs. Once up and running, the plants will also displace more than 450,000 tons (408,000 metric tonnes) of CO2 annually.
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