Solar-plus-storage project complete on Moapa Indian Reservation in Nevada
The 275 MW Arrow Canyon project was designed to minimize impacts to wildlife, habitat and other environmental resources. The contractors worked with the Moapa Band of Paiutes to ensure respect for the Tribe’s mission, vision, values, land and its people is maintained throughout the process.
BLM seeks public comment for 5.3 GW of solar projects in Nevada
Proposed utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects would add enough capacity to power approximately 4 million households.
Solar-equipped residential neighborhoods springing up across the U.S.
SunPower signs deals with four home building companies to bring sustainable homes to communities in eight states.
Nextracker opens steel manufacturing facility in Las Vegas
The facility will produce steel for Nextracker’s solar mounts and tracking systems. Nextracker and Unimacts held an event to dedicate the new production line, which coincided with the RE+ 2023 conference, the largest energy trade show in the country, also in Las Vegas.
Funding for second-life EV battery materials manufacturer reaches $4 billion
Redwood Materials received a $1 billion Series D funding round, building on a $2 billion conditional loan from the Department of Energy.
Fracking enables record power and flow rates for geothermal pilot project
Fervo Energy employed drilling strategies from the oil and gas industry in a commercial pilot project that demonstrated round-the-clock baseload production of geothermal energy.
BLM to hold public meetings for 300 MW Bonanza Solar facility
EDF Renewables’ solar-plus-storage project has the ability to interconnect with NV Energy’s 350-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line, Greenlink West.
CATL battery distributor looking at three states for 4.2 GWh battery facility
CSI is scouting out a gigafactory location in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, which could bring 300 jobs to the local market.
Sunrise brief: Enel chooses Oklahoma for solar module and cell factory
Also on the rise: Oregon’s largest solar farm at 205 MW comes online. 106 MW regenerative agrivoltaic project at White Oak Pastures in Georgia. And more.
50 states of solar incentives: Nevada
The state of Nevada is home to several of the largest utility-scale solar projects in the U.S., while coal retirements in the region have spurred additional solar-plus-storage developments in the Silver State in recent years.
