A day after the Interior Department announced plans to fast-track solar-power plants on public lands in Nevada, a clean-energy forum met to discuss how government agencies, legislators and private businesses have advanced green power.
NV Energy Seeks Approval of One Nevada Transmission Line, Renewable Projects and Conservation Efforts LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 1, 2009-- NV Energy (NYSE: NVE) will file today with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) its Integrated Resource Plan for the company’s southern territory. In the filing, the company seeks approval of a number of key initiatives to be implemented over the next three years in the areas of renewable energy, transmission, and energy efficiency and conservation. Read more...
Secretary Salazar, Senator Reid Announce ‘Fast-Track’ Initiatives for Solar Energy Development on Western Lands
From Lee Plemen, AICP, Planning Director, Carson City Planning Division: The only minor changes that were made to the version of the ordinance as recommended by the Planning Commission were to 18.05.080(2)(h)(i) clarifying that the lower noise standard applies to properties of "one acre or less" and clarifying that malfunctioning units exceeding the required noise limits must not resume operation until they meet the noise standards. Read more...
North Carolina-based Duke Energy, a Fortune 500 power giant that serves 4.5 million American households, is proposing a $600 million wind farm on 24,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management property east of Searchlight, about 50 miles south of Las Vegas. Duke's Searchlight Wind Energy Project would generate 370 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power more than 90,000 homes. The 420-foot turbines would be visible from Searchlight, from U.S. Highway 95 and from parts of Lake Mohave. Duke recently held a public meeting about the project. Read the details in the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The Interim Finance Committee, a panel of lawmakers who oversee budget issues when the Legislature is not in session, approved the initial budget Thursday. It includes a $110,000 annual salary for an energy commissioner and a $53,000 annual salary for an executive assistant. TONOPAH -- Kyle Chisholm, director of research and development, for OHm Geothermal LLC, thinks his plan to search for geothermal energy on county property in Gabbs could be a win-win situation.
NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) and American Capital Energy (ACE) today announced that they have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the sale of energy produced from a 20-megawatt (MW) DC solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant that will be constructed near Searchlight, Nevada, 55 miles south of Las Vegas. Read more...
According to page 80 of the June 11, 2009 edition of "USDA Forest Service American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Projects" the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City has been awarded a $620,000 grant for upgrades to their 1 megawatt biomass plant, including two bins for hauling material to site, and an onsite chipper. That grant was largely the effort of Tom Baker, a longtime advocate for biomass utilization here Nevada. Tom, a charter member of the Nevada Woody Biomass Collaborative, is currently engaged as a fuel procurement specialist for NORESCO, the contracted operator of the facility.
Washoe County commissioners today approved a resolution to sponsor a regional planning amendment to create a new utility corridor for wind turbines in the mountains of Warm Springs Valley. The 17-mile route would be for a 120-kilovolt line to bring power from up to 70 wind turbines that Nevada Wind wants to put on Virginia Peak to a major power transfer station to the south in Tracy. Sponsoring an amendment to the regional uility corridor report, which is part of the regional plan, is a first step. Read the full story in the Reno Gazette Journal. |
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Nevada Solar One, a 64-megawatt, solar-thermal plant built by Acciona Solar Power, is now operating in the Eldorado Valley near Boulder City, Nevada. The solar plant is the largest to be built over the past 16 years.