Solar Trust of America Names Alice Harron to Lead Project Development

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Solar Trust of America, LLC, an integrated solar energy solutions company and developer of the Blythe Solar Power Project, today appointed Alice Harron as President of STA Development, LLC the company's wholly-owned development subsidiary.

“Alice's extraordinary contributions to Solar Trust of America have led to securing permits for over 1500 MW of sites, including the Blythe Solar Power Project,” said Uwe T. Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Solar Trust of America. “Under Alice's leadership, we will expand our project pipeline and continue to be a leader in the development of large-scale solar projects."

Alice Harron has directed Solar Trust of America's solar project development and compliance efforts in California for over two years. Her accomplishments include obtaining the Record of Decision, Right of Way and California Energy Commission (CEC) License for the Blythe Solar Power Project, as well as the Final Environmental Impact Statement and CEC License for the Palen Solar Power Project.

Previously, Ms. Harron worked at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) where she led the acquisition of power plants in different stages of development and construction, negotiated power purchase agreements, and developed numerous utility-scale renewable energy generation projects. She also worked at Calpine in its finance department and at PG&E's non-regulated company National Energy Group in its market assessment and finance departments. Ms. Harron has a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

About Solar Trust of America

Solar Trust of America is an integrated solar energy solutions company with several utility-scale solar energy projects under development throughout the American Southwest, including the 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Power Project, the largest solar project in the world. The company has 1,250 MW of additional solar power projects in advanced stages of development in California and Nevada. As a fully integrated company, Solar Trust of America works across the entire solar value chain, including project design, financing, procurement, construction, operation, and management.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, statements regarding Solar Trust of America, LLC, its shareholders and subsidiaries (including but not limited to STA Development, LLC) (collectively referred to as the “Company”), related to plans, estimates, assumptions, expectations or projections about the future other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the design, construction, capacity or operation of the planned Blythe Solar Power Project, other planned solar power plants, expected actions of the U.S. Department of Energy or other regulatory authorities, as well as statements about the Company's financing, construction, strategies, objectives, goals, targets, outlook, technologies, and business and financial prospects. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations, including, but not limited to, those set forth in this press release. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any subsequent date, and the Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Information set forth in this press release pertaining to third parties has not been independently verified by the Company and is based solely on publicly available information or on information provided to the Company by such third parties for inclusion in this press release.