When and where was BrightSource Energy founded? By whom?
BrightSource Energy was founded as Luz II in 2004 by Arnold Goldman. Mr. Goldman has been in the solar energy field for over twenty years and was the founder and CEO of Luz International Ltd., which built nine large solar power plants in the 1980s. In 2004, Mr. Goldman reassembled a number of members of the original Luz International executive and technical team and founded Luz II to develop a new solar energy technology to take advantage of renewed interest in the use of renewable energy to produce electricity and regulatory / legislative support of such projects. In 2006, the name of the company was changed from Luz II, Inc. to BrightSource Energy, Inc. The Luz II name was retained by BrightSource’s wholly owned subsidiary in Israel, which is responsible for engineering and development, and the supply of solar fields for BrightSource plants.
