Project Brightfield
VIDEO
I started working on this project in early 2008, defining what we wanted to accomplish, and ended up managing the project for Chevron Energy Solutions mid-2009 when we finally decided to pull the trigger. Located in Bakersfield, CA, on a site where Chevron once was operating a refinery, it comprises seven cutting edge solar panel technologies, but also different systems for racking, and different brands of inverter. A great wealth of knowledge was gained from the construction and is still to be extracted from the monitoring of this facility.
Press:
LA Times – http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chevron-solar22-2010mar22,0,6520345.story
Wall Street Journal -http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100322-709195.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia
New York Times - http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/chevron-testing-solar-technologies/
Forbes.com – http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2010/03/22/chevron-stages-solar-talent-show/?boxes=businesschannelsections
Reuters – http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2220921520100322?type=marketsNews
Contra Costa Times / San Jose Mercury News - http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_14733668?IADID=Search-www.contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com&nclick_check=1
The Bakersfield Californian - http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x1664565803/Chevron-project-tests-solar-technologies
Southern California Public Radio/NPR affiliate (KPCC, KUOR, KPCV) - http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/03/22/chevron-solar/
KERO (Turnto23.com) - http://www.turnto23.com/news/22910661/detail.html
San Francisco Business Times – http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/03/22/daily10.html
NBC/KGET – http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Project-Brightfield-to-power-oil-fields/d_GmbLFuDkW-O8sG53ff9w.cspx
Venture Beat: http://green.venturebeat.com/2010/03/22/chevron-launches-project-brightfield-to-put-new-solar-tech-to-the-test/
Earth2Tech: Project Brightfield: Chevron Launches Solar Test Bed
Environmental Leader: Chevron Installing Massive Solar System to Run Oil Plant’s Pumps, Pipelines
EarthTechling: Chevron Turns Former California Refinery Into Solar Testing Ground
Green Energy Reporter – http://greenenergyreporter.com/2010/03/chevron-puts-solar-panels-through-the-paces-at-test-facility/
Clean Skies Energy Network - Energy Report from Washington D.C. includes video of solar panels being installed on the site -http://www.cleanskies.com/videos/the-energy-report-32210-morning-edition
GetSolar.com – http://www.getsolar.com/blog/solar-power-rundown-for-monday-march-22/4862/
Semiconductor Today – http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2010/MARCH/ABOUNDSOLAR_220310.htm
