The company has begun an effort to improve its standing with local communities in the last decade by building clinics, roads andeven natural gas powerplants.
The report cites other benefits such as the avoidance of major capital expenditures associated with new powerplantsandeven the retirements of some older and less efficient generators.
Declining module prices are expected to help drive down the costs of solar energy and eventually make it competitive with traditional sources of energy such as coal and gas powerplants, even without government subsidies.
The rule targets equipment that powerplantsand manufacturing facilities use to draw in water to prevent overheating, even though those intake systems are not harmful to human health or water quality.
This allows BrightSource's plants to deliver energy even after dark, and gives utilities and grid operators more flexibility than solar power usually provides.
People generally complain about powerplants being built in their locality even though power is needed for running industries, producing goods and providing employment for the multiplying population.