John Woolard, President & CEO, BrightSource Energy, Inc.
John co-founded Silicon Energy, one of the first successful clean tech companies, and was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2003. Following Itron’s acquisition of Silicon Energy, John served as its Vice President of Software Solutions and subsequently the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to BrightSource Energy, John was an Executive-in-Residence in VantagePoint Venture Partner’s CleanTech Group and remains a Venture Partner with the firm. With over twenty years in the energy technology field, John has worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, PG&E, and Alpine Software. He is co-author of a patent for web-based Energy Management systems and has been a member of the executive sessions on National Energy Policy in Washington D.C. John is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and has served on the Board of the California Clean Energy Fund, the Tuolumne River Preservation Trust, and the Strategic Advisory Board for Xcel Energy. John holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, a Masters in Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia.
BrightSource Energy, Inc.
BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide. BrightSource Energy enables industrial and utility companies to lessen their dependency on fossil fuels by providing a low cost, reliable source of clean energy during periods of peak usage. BrightSource Energy's corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California.
BrightSource is a privately held company. Its investors include: VantagePoint Venture Partners, Google.org, BP Alternative Energy, Chevron Technology Ventures, StatoilHydro, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DBL Investors, and Black River.
The goal of BrightSource Energy is to develop and commercialize new solar thermal technology that can compete with fossil fuel plants. BrightSource Energy's industry leading technology, DPT (Dynamic Power Towers), is the lowest cost and most reliable method to generate central solar power.
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