Primary Job Title Founder & Chairman Primary Organization 
BrightSource Energy
Location Oakland, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Mr. Goldman has more than three decades of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Goldman was the founder of Luz International, Ltd. and served as its CEO. Mr. Goldman and the Luz International team first proved that solar power can be reliably produced in large quantities and cost effectively by building the world's nine largest solar thermal
plants in California’s Mojave Desert between 1984 and 1990. At the time, these nine plants generated 90 percent of the world's solar electricity, and are still operating profitably today.
Mr. Goldman is currently the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of BrightSource Energy, Inc. BrightSource Energy combines the engineering leadership from Luz International with world-class finance and development capabilities. The company is advancing the solar thermal industry by deploying its leading LPT 550 power tower technology. The company has the largest utility-scale solar backlog in the U.S. - 2,600 megawatts under contract with Pacific Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Edison. The company’s Solar Energy Development Center in Israel’s Negev Desert is producing the world’s highest temperature and pressure solar thermal steam. The company has also recently begun construction on the 392 MW Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in Southern California’s Mojave Desert, the world’s largest solar thermal power plant under construction.
