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Sen. Harry Reid helps to ceremonially activate a solar power plant May 15 with, from left, SNWA General Manager Pat Mulroy, TWC Construction CEO Matt Ryba, Amonix founder Vahan Garboushian and Amonix CEO Brian Robertson.
Monday, July 19, 2010 | 3:47 p.m.
UPDATED STORY: Solar company to begin filling 278 jobs in North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas officials announced Monday that a new solar project will bring 278 jobs to the economically struggling city.
Amonix, a Califoria-based solar power company, announced in May that it would build a manufacturing plant in Southern Nevada. The company has chosen North Las Vegas as its location for the expansion, city officials said in a statement.
Mayor Shari Buck and Amonix CEO Brian Robertson planned to discuss the new jobs and the company’s expansion on Tuesday, but said today the project will include the addition of 278 jobs.
In May, Robertson had not yet released the future location of the facility, but said three places were being considered. Officials said once the site was chosen, construction would begin right away.
The company is getting a $5.9 million tax credit from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
In visits to Las Vegas, both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama have touted green projects as a way for Southern Nevada to diversify its economy and create jobs.
Thank you Harry for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act which helped to create these good jobs!
Yeah! Good news finally. Thanks Sun! ;)
This is great news. With all of that sun, this should be a great cottage industry for Las Vegas.
Congrats.
I don't know what percentage but 278 families will be positively affected, distributing money to neighborhood and local economies.
The project is in NLV! Why are all the other brown nosers in the picture that have nothing to do with Northtown?
Keep up the good work Mayor Buck! Best Mayor in the valley.
This is positive news in the sense we are trying to diversify the Las Vegas enconomy. This first foot forward by Amonix will set the tone for other green company to consider Las Vegas. Thanks Harry Reid. We need more projects like this in the State of Nevada.
What does Reid have to do with this? Mayor Buck is the one who has done and will continue to do the good work here.
tbvegas, the photo was taken at a May 15 press conference, which is noted in the cutline, at which Amonix announced it would be expanding into Southern Nevada. The North Las Vegas event will be Tuesday, when city officials will meet to officially announce that the company chose their city as the location for the new manufacturing facility.
278 jobs is 278 more jobs then we had. There will be construction jobs before those jobs start so we are getting more then 278 jobs out of the deal.
Good work to who ever really made this all happen. Any work here is better then nothing.
This is the type of industry the Las Vegas area needs.......we have enough menial grunt jobs in casinos.
Wow, isn't this great. The company is only given $21,223.02 for each job it creates out of the "Stimulus" money.
How much does this cost from our taxes in the long run? What kind of debt is Harry Reid leaving our children long after he is gone?
I am glad that we have such little debt and so much money to throw out to these companies!
Good lord... some of the posters could hit a Royal Flush and figure out a way to make it negative.
This is good news folks! A long way to go for sure, but good news! Congrats to all who made this happen, especially Amonix for choosing our area. Good thing some of the posters aren't members of the Las Vegas Valley Welcoming Committee.
What a sack of lies...Have a friend who is a solar panel installer, but he couldn't get a job at the plant because the company is bringing in their own people from California!!!! Go Harry, Go Harry...Go away Harry...
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Isn't water Las Bugsy's most pressing need? And how many PERMANENT jobs does this bring? 278 construction jobs mens 278 more in the unemployment line when this is over.
Yuppie,
You have it right in your comment.
This is similar to the I-15 South expansion. We have 2 major rebar fabricators here in town, yet the reinforcing steel contract went to a company in Fontana California to fabricate and deliver the reinforcing steel "rebar". Now one of those local fabricators is going to shut their doors and put all those people out of work so we can help the California economy.
Texexnv,
They will probably hire the workers from the solar plant construction site on the way to Searchlight. So really no new employment will be had, just transferred to another location.
Same thing with the I-15, McCarran Airport Expansion, and many more. A lot of the work is given to the same companies who just transfer the workers around. Doesn't really create new jobs.
It is just smoke and mirrors for the politicians to make themselves look better.
To staff........insert "griping or cpmplaining" in lieu of the "b' word and post it.......with my permission of course !
Has anyone noticed that Reid has done a LOT of fund-raising in California and now we have California companies coming in with California workers?
Yes, getting a new plant here sounds great, green jobs are great, but one has to wonder just who Reid is really representing.
Too bad 1,000+ jobs were lost this month.
Yep, just checked thier web site, only ONE job listed....
Are they gonna provide trainning for us, or what???????
Harry loves...Harry!
TERM LIMITS!!! That's what we need.
Then maybe, just maybe we can get someone in office who watches out for all of us.
278 new jobs in north las vegas = 278 carjacking victims.
Who has the skill set to work at this company? Most jobs will be filled from out of state people. Not much help to locals.
OH MY GOD!!! You fuss like old women at the jobless rate, you fuss like old women when someone brings jobs into the city!!! Exactly what does it take to make you people happy?!?!?!? Do us a favor and SHUT!!! UP!!!
If you have a job...CONGRATULATIONS... hold on to it, if you don't...get your @$$ out there and apply. Do something besides fussing. It's hard for everybody!!!!
It's a start. Better than another casino.
Solar starts out small and seems like it hires few people at first, but the more solar plants built, the more the cost comes down due to economics of scale. Germany is an excellent example.
@Joelipp: Get enrolled
http://environment.unlv.edu/solar/curric...
This is great news. It will lead to further growth in Solar Energy and the company will grow over time.
info4you2aee,
No...the solar industry will not grow significantly...here or anywhere else.
The oil / auto manufacturing / power gangsters will stop it with their political machine.
Why do you think we are in the Middle East...to protect the sunshine supply lines?
This is window dressing...green pie in the sky.
You'll see...sorry.
Statewide,total employment decreased by 1,400 jobs in June. Nevada is losing steam fasttttttttttt! Wrong man for the wrong job.Need to shift gears folks!
Can we get the County Commission to REQUIRE Hotels/Casinos/Restaurants recycle. Just ADD A TRASH BIN NEXT TO THE ONE THERE--for plastics, metal, clean paper. This would boost our recycling "percentage" and encourage companies like this to keep doing in Clark County.
critical thinking in LV-0
whine, whine, whine-infinity
I wonder how much fossil fuel and oil will be consumed to transport the materials and workers to the plant, build the solar panels, ship them to a solar site, set them up and maintain them.
They should only use solar power to do all this.
They can use aireweave's solar power caboose to transport people and materials.
Sgt Rock, if they do use aireweave's solar power caboose...so what!?!?!? He's not bitching about someone bring JOBS to Vegas and in turn may hire someone else. So where's the bad coming from?
NV will move onward and upward with the Traditional Republicans, Democrats, Independents and a few others that are willing to co-operate.
Those that constantly say "No" and "Obstruct" will be left behind, as they should be.
The country is only $13 trillion in debt and Medicare and Social Security are carrying combined over $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities.
Add in the trilliions in unfunded government pension liabilities.
The debt is expected to double to be over $20 trillion in about 6 to 7 years and quarduaple that in about 15 years.
The interest on the debt is alreay bigger than most programs like education.
Soon interest payments will become larger than the defense budget and will only behind Medicare and Social Security in expense categories.
I am sure that "no" and "obstruct" will be right with you when the house of debt comes crashing on either our heads or our children's heads.
So yeah....let's keep spending like there is no tomorrow because there is no tomorrow.
How much longer is Harry Reid going to milk this story??? Come on.... 278 jobs. This is a joke. This story has been out before.
"For example the two basic types of photovoltaic units come with a final tab of energy in and energy out. Most of 'em break even in a year or two for production."
I think airweave has been out in the sun to long.
NV Energy was recently forced to release data on the rates it was purchasing from these solar companies.
All the rates were double the fossil fuel rate and half of them were triple the fossil fuel rate.
And that is after large sums of Federal cash that is directly dumped into these solar companies.
That is hard data that goes directly in people's rising electrical bills.
Great Job, Mr. Reid. Way to go "Dirty Harry".
Regards
Banana_Joe
@air
Whats up with the name calling? You got stood up on your your post, then started calling names and blaming Bush. Your a real tuff guy. Lmao
airweare, don't even argue anymore, you just keep doing YOUR thing. You're not costing anyone any money and stating what your opinion which everyone is allowed to do.
Agree or not, if someone's opinion is not money coming out of your pocket, why do you care? Agree to disagree and move on with your LIFE!!!