Energy

DOE remains confident in Nevada geothermal plant

By Peter UrbanSTEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU

October 4, 2011 - 1:01 am

County solar project fails to get fed loan guarantee

By Steve TetreaultSTEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU

September 30, 2011 - 5:13 pm

The company developing a solar power plant in Clark County failed to close Friday on a federal loan guarantee that would help obtain financing for the project, according to the Department of Energy.

Hearings set to begin on NV Energy rate case

By Jennifer Robison/ RJ

September 30, 2011 - 2:44 pm

Nevada solar project to get $737 million federal loan guarantee

By Steve TetreaultSTEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU

September 28, 2011 - 8:39 am

Proposed solar factory could expand Laughlin

By Kristi Jourdan/ RJ

September 24, 2011 - 1:00 am

Power rates will drop 4.3 percent on Oct. 1

By Jennifer Robison/ RJ

September 21, 2011 - 1:51 pm

Renewable energy’s job-generating power touted at Ivanpah Valley site

By Henry Brean/ RJ

September 20, 2011 - 4:41 pm

Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar stopped in Nevada on Tuesday to tout the job-generating power of renewable energy development, speaking at the Silver State North Project, a solar energy plant being built in the Ivanpah Valley, not far from where Interstate 15 crosses into California. The project is the first solar energy facility approved for construction on federal land in Nevada.

NV Energy rates expected to dip Oct. 1 but would bounce back up Jan. 1

By Jennifer Robison/ RJ

September 20, 2011 - 1:00 am

Nevada imagines exporting excess renewable power, but California has the same plan

By Jennifer Robison/ RJ

September 6, 2011 - 12:59 am

Renewable energy will save Nevada. At least, that’s the idea.

Public comments start for Clark County solar plant

September 3, 2011 - 1:01 am

Solar-powered trash compactor reduces UNLV’s costs, helps environment

By Jennifer Robison/ RJ

September 2, 2011 - 1:02 am

Clark County’s waste management contractor has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to install Southern Nevada’s first solar-powered trash compactor. The compactor, at UNLV near its Harmon Avenue entrance off of Swen-son Street, is designed to go easy on both the planet and on UNLV’s budget.