BrightSource
Energy,
the
solar
power
tower
developer,
picks
up
the
partially-permitted
500MW
Palen
project.
US
renewable
energy
giant
NextEra
Energy
Resources
adds
the
1GW
Blythe
project
to
its
growing
solar
stable.
The
fully-permitted
project
on
federal
land
in
the
Mojave
Desert
was
originally
planned
as
a
parabolic
trough
plant.
Solar
Trust
of
America
(STA)
planned
to
switch
at
least
part
of
the
project
to
PV
before
it
fell
apart.
NextEra
is
to
pay
$10m
at
the
closing
of
the
sale
and
$40,000
per
MW
of
generating
capacity
–
up
to
$40m…
