The aluminium smelter and powerplantprojects are part of a larger plan to industrialize northeastern Iceland with energy-intensive industries, first dreamed up in the 1950s and pursued by successive governments without review.
The company has also won two powerplantprojects in Australia and Hughes predicted the company would capture 30% of that market, which despite abundant sunshine has been slow to embrace large-scale solar.
NRG, a powerplant developer who has invested in some of the largest solar powerprojects in the country, decided to give SCS a try as it sought to expand its focus to include not just mega solar farms in remote locations but also smaller projects on commercial properties close to or within cities.
Google has invested directly in renewable energy projects, such as the 370-megawatt Ivanpah solar thermal powerplant now under construction in California.