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Justin Bowen
Laughlin and Bullhead City, Ariz., as seen in 2011.
Published Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 | 4:03 p.m.
Updated Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 | 5:16 p.m.
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The Chinese energy company seeking to build a massive solar energy plant and solar-cell factory near Laughlin wants more land for the project.
ENN Mojave Energy Corp. wants all 9,000 acres of available Clark County land about 12 miles south of Laughlin, not 5,400 acres as first reported in June.
When ENN’s plans were announced, the company said the development would create 2,000 long-term manufacturing jobs paying on average $72,000 a year. The total construction cost for the solar-cell plant, industrial park and solar-energy farm was projected to be in the range of $4 billion to $6 billion.
Officials hoped construction would begin on the solar-cell plant late this year or in early 2012, with solar cells being produced by March 2013 and the first phase of the solar farm operating by March 2014.
The company’s representatives have told Commissioner Steve Sisolak, whose district includes Laughlin, the addition of 3,600 acres would be used to build an “eco-city” at the site. The goal is a self-sustaining city with renewable energy generation and manufacturing as the primary source of employment for its residents.
“They have something like it near Beijing,” Sisolak said.
Working with Duke Energy, the third-largest electric power holding company in the United States, ENN Group intends to a build a future-energy development in Langfang, about 30 miles southeast of Beijing. The two companies signed an agreement to develop eco-cities in January. Duke Energy has said it would like to use the cleaner technologies in the United States.
Sisolak also said ENN wants to purchase, not lease, all 9,000 acres of county land. That could be a sticking point with some county commissioners who have expressed reservations about selling the land.
Representatives for ENN Group could not be reached for comment.
This is another example of a Communist Chinese government corporation wanting to colonize American land. China is doing this kind of colonization all over the United States, to get back the money that the US owes to China for all of the cheap goods we Americans have bought on credit from the Chinese.
Soon the US will be a Communist Chinese colony.
And the Governor of Nevada wants this for Nevada.
This another example of the Communist Chinese Government colonizing American land.
After the secret Governors Conference in Salt Lake City, the State Governors have decided to sell industrial land to the Communist Chinese in the hope that this will create JOBS.
What the governors don't understand or are aware of in spite of knowing the US Constitution, is that the Communist Chinese are colonizing America.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? The Communists want to own OUR land. They don't want to lease. Sisolak is being an idiot!!! What proof do you have?? A communist's word?? OH, yeah, 2,000 jobs at an average of $72,000 a year. Their next move is to say we have no one qualified to run their plants. They are trying to import the Communists to our country. DOES ANYONE GET IT???
As usual, the responders are the usual bunch of right wing morons we have in Nevada.
God, if the Chinese renege or lie about their intentions, we kick them out. What are they going to do then-Launch an ICBM at Laughlin? Hell, we're producing nothing here anymore, so why not give them a chance?
By the way, Reagan is dead. Bush and Cheney are living off their govt pensions. And you fools think we should crawl in our caves, and live off the land. Sorry, times have changed, for better or for worse, and we need to take whatever opportunities come our way. And this is a great idea for a desert wasteland area. End of story.
Solar panel maker Solyndra based in Cali just filed bankruptcy after borrowing 535 million from the US government (taxpayers). I don't get it. Is there a demand for solar power or not and how the hell is this company going bankrupt after Obama and Arnold cited them for "this is what America needs". ???
This is just another piece of a puzzle that is developing in what future history books will depict how and why we lost our sovereignty. Nuff said.
This should be a wake-up-call for consumers to look at the "Made in" label.
Gee I thought all this green job stuff was no good according to Rush Limbaugh and Fox. Why are the Chinese doing it? I'm not worried about it. Let them try to get paid on the money we owe them.
What I find most interesting with this article is Vegas has the potential here already to do such a thing. Why do we need/want a foreign country to do on our land what we can do? Of course they will also create a rail system to connect their city to Vegas. If asked, I would think the company would communicate that is part of the long-term plan.
Interestingly, the Chinese already are adapting community design to their workforce, limiting commute and providing increased security. I personally would not expect the project to bring too many American jobs, except perhaps at the immigration/visa department, and perhaps teachers.
It is difficult to say, but I am sure if they pay enough, someone will sell them a city. It seems America is more acceptable of communists the last 18 years or so, but only if they have money.
This is great news.
Who cares if its China. They own everything anyways. If worse comes to worse, America will just take it back. lol
This will brings lots of money to Nevada!
And cue the paranoid conservatives...oh wait...they have already started posting their fears. All humans need to pull together and face climate disruption by moving rapidly away from carbon intensive fuels so I welcome all peaceful contributors to solving this overriding problem. Fatsai, what political party in Congress has been busy trying to slash the DOE budget for providing loans and grants toward clean energy production? If you answered the Republicans in all their guises you are correct.
I'm pretty conservative. I figured there would be some negative knee-jerk reactions but those same type of reactions were made when the japanese were buying up real estate left and right. So, what happened with that? The japanese took a bath is what happened. It's not a port of entry they want. They want to build a plant, let them. Help em out. They can't take it back to China can they? The japanese built all those auto plants in the US how'd that hurt us? The US invests and builds plants overseas and it is usually deemed a goodthing where they do it. Having them spend dollars here is a good thing.
If they have a plant in the US they can sell solar panels all over where the US has free trade agreements without paying a tariff. Seeing how solar panels are getting more popular, it makes good sense.
Just remember they can't take the land back to China, it's not going anywhere.
So we're going to buy goods made in China at Wal-Mart with paychecks we get from Chinese corporations, right.
Didn't we fight a war over this about 240 years ago?
Everyone complains about jobs going to China so when China brings jobs here they complain about that? This sounds like a great venture if it does not require taxpayer money. There is plenty of desert land out there if Clark county wants to buy some to replace this parcel. If this was a German or English company would it make some sort of difference? The business world is getting global, origin of headquarters is not really valid anymore. A company with cash to spend should be welcomed.
@mschaffer: paranoid conservatives and you reference global warming? You're a hoot.
I say let them build it and see where it goes. NO government money and keep a close eye on them. Somethings better than nothing and our government is intent on taxing us more so that 50% of our population can depend on government to support them.
This shows how stupid the US is. The rich and greedy won't build solar panels or eco cities.
The Chinese have to come here and do it.
Tax the rich people and start doing this in the US.
We need jobs like this.
Otherwise, the US will continue to be a 3rd world country with a big gun.
I would like to buy or lease some retail space at eco city please.
mschaffer, come on, you are the last person I want to hear call someone else paranoid.
Climate disruption???? Where do you come up with this garbage? The only climate disruption I can see is the vacuum created between your ears.
When the Chinese aren't building windmills they are building AK-47's; are guns OK now comrade schaffer?
@Peter Fritz and Robert Hess, I share your same thoughts. Everyone complains about Nevada not having jobs or being diverse. When some company (regardless of the nationality) wants to bring jobs, people complain. China is going to colonize the US by taking over 9,000 acres of waste-land desert near Laughlin? Wow, that is ignorant. The US has over 9,000 acres right next to China. It's called "South Korea".
If capitalism is a better system than communism, then why are we depending on communists for jobs?
We need the jobs, and the county can use the money
I see peter fritz is still grinding the ax about government being bad. Will he give back all the electronic devices he has which are a result of basic government research? How about the incredibly cheap clean water he depends on?
I have no idea what this means, please explain. Sorry, dumb kid who never went to collage, took a job as floor sweeper and ended up CEO. Long climb up that ladder. where is the grind in my post?
>>I see peter fritz is still grinding the ax about government being bad. Will he give back all the electronic devices he has which are a result of basic government research? How about the incredibly cheap clean water he depends on?<<
This is just another plot for the Chinese gov to seed their intel operations under the guise of 'creating jobs'. They pay their own people pennies to do the same job, do you really think they want to pay the average American salary? Be wary of the Chinese as they take advantage of us at our weakest moments. They'll steal, copy both civilian and military tech with no respect to copyrights.
Petey,
taxpayer money is spent on everything from roads to water to food inspections to electricity with great results so your complaint regarding spending tax dollars on public private partnerships is specious.
This sounds like a Ponzi Scheme to me.