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In reply to the discussion: The World's Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today [View all]El_Johns
(1,805 posts)"the enormous solar plantjointly owned by NRG Energy, BrightSource Energy and Google opened for business today."
Brightsource energy is also partially owned by Google, as well as BP Alternative Energy, Morgan Stanley, DBL Investors, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Chevron Technology Ventures, Statoil Venture, and Black River.
It's an Israeli company & sells power to PG&E.
NRG is #751 on the Forbes Global 2000 list; i.e. the 751st biggest corporation in the world.
"NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) is an integrated wholesale power generation and retail electricity company. NRG is a wholesale power generator engaged in the ownership and operation of power generation facilities; the trading of energy, capacity and related products, and the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services. NRG is a retail electricity company engaged in the supply of electricity, energy services, and cleaner energy products to retail electricity customers in deregulated markets through Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Energy Plus. Finally, NRG is focused on the deployment and commercialization of potential disruptive technologies and smart meter technology. As of December 31, 2011, NRG's global generation portfolio included 47 fossil fuel plants, three Utility Scale Solar facilities and four wind farms, as well as Distributed Solar facilities. In December 2012, the Company and GenOn Energy, Inc .have completed their merger. "