[9][10] In the fallout of the 2008–09 recession, Ausra laid off 10% of its workers and redirected its efforts toward making solar equipment for other companies rather than building its own power plants.
[11] In October 2008, Ausra launched the 5 MW Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield, California.
In November 2009 the company canceled its plans to build the 177 MW Carrizo Energy Solar Farm in California.
In November 2009, Ausra announced that it was seeking to sell itself, because "it will not be able to deploy its capital-intensive solar technology on a large scale without the backing of major company.
In 2007, Fishman replaced founding Ausra CEO Peter Le Lievre[17] AREVA Solar was headquartered in Mountain View, California.
[19] CLFR differs from other forms of CSP because the mirrors are flat rather than parabolic, and they turn on a single axis, following the sun.
[20] Areva Solar had a number of projects aimed to advance research and development activities in the renewable energy sector.
It would be the world's largest solar integration with a coal-fired plant, designed to reduce the facility's greenhouse gas emissions by 35,600 metric tons annually.