The agreement follows Alstom’s US$55 million investment in BrightSource Energy in May this year.

Mark Coxon, Alstom Power’s Senior Vice President Finance, says: “This is the next step in Alstom and BrightSource’s relationship. Alstom’s plant integration experience and state-of-the-art power generation equipment in combination with BrightSource’s solar field and tower based technology will allow us to develop fully integrated solar power plants tailored to specific customer requirements.”