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March 18, 2024

Energy

  • A view of King’s Pool in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
    Does quest for minerals needed for clean energy endanger water supply?
    Kevin DesRoberts watches as speckled dace and Amargosa pupfish dart through one of the springs at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It’s a sight environmentalists are working to save. “Any changes in the landscape, any alteration of the soil vegetation could wind up changing how water moves across the ...
  • Senator Dina Neal (D-NV) speaks Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 during a press conference held to ask the EPA and the Biden Administration to implement the strongest possible version of new light and medium vehicle emissions standards that go into effect in 2027.
    Nevada officials urge US to get strict on tighter EPA auto emissions rules
    Local air quality and renewable energy advocates met with state Sen. Dina Neal today to urge the EPA and the Biden Administration to follow through on stricter emissions standards for automakers.
  • Rig operators connect drills that will plunge underground to access heat reservoirs on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, near Milford, Utah. In Nevada, Fervo Energy's first operational project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto that state's electric grid to power Google data centers, Google announced Tuesday, Nov. 28. That pilot will help Fervo launch projects like this one in Utah to deliver far more carbon-free electricity to the grid.
    New Google geothermal electricity project could be a milestone for clean energy
    An advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power Google data centers there, Google announced Tuesday. Getting electrons onto the grid for the first time is a milestone many new energy companies never ...
  • NV Energy to get $2 million from US for energy grid upgrades
    The U.S. Department of Energy plans to give $2 million in research funding to NV Energy, the electric utility with 1.5 million customers throughout the state, as part of an effort to modernize and strengthen the energy grid nationwide.
  • An annular eclipse is viewed from a waterfront park in Yokohama, Japan, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase.
    NV Energy prepares for power shift during eclipse visible in Nevada
    NV Energy’s solar production will be quashed for about three hours Saturday as the moon blocks between 80% and 90% of the sun’s rays throughout Nevada during ...
  • Steel line workers are seen during a tour of the newly opened Unimacts, a  solar tracker manufacturing facility in Las Vegas Monday Sept. 11, 2023.
    Las Vegas factory aiming to make solar panels more efficient
    The Unimacts facility on West Tompkins Avenue in Las Vegas produces metal poles that can support four to six solar panels each, depending on their size. The tracking poles ...
  • Rooftop solar panels are seen atop the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Aug. 26, 2015.
    Alternatives to ‘solar sprawl’ in the Mojave Desert proving elusive
    Researchers have found there’s not nearly enough space on rooftops to supply all U.S. electricity — especially as more people drive electric cars. Even an analysis funded by rooftop solar advocates and installers found that the most cost-effective route to phasing out fossil fuels involves six times more power from big solar and wind farms than from smaller local solar systems. But the exact balance has yet to be determined. And Nevada is ground zero for figuring it out.
  • Brent Gardner, senior general manager of the Fashion Show mall, responds to a question during an interview by an array of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the Fashion Show mall Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Rhianne Menzies, director of environmental, social, governance (ESG) for Brookfield Properties, U.S. retail, listens at right. Brookfield Properties is the owner of the mall.
    Las Vegas' Fashion Show mall puts green energy measures on display
    People who shop at Fashion Show mall in Las Vegas may not be aware of measures being implemented to become greener.
  • Energy utility requesting to lower rates from Nevada agency
    NV Energy plans to request lower energy rates for customers that would kick in July 1 if the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approves. The reduction would lower ..
  • CCSD unveils its first electric school bus, which is also the first electric school bus in Nevada. The bus was purchased with grant funds provided by NV Energy and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. January 3, 2023. Hilary Davis
    CCSD ready to debut greener, cheaper electric buses
    CCSD used about $1.3 million in grant funding from NV Energy and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to purchase the two electric buses plus two charging stations, located in the district’s centrally located bus yard on Arville Street not far from ...
  • Nicole Clarkson unplugs her Tesla Model 3, after a quick charge at the busy Town Square Tesla charging station, off of Las Vegas Blvd. Monday, September 12, 2022.
    Las Vegas startup Terbine seeks to streamline access to charging stations for EVs
    CEO David Knight said Terbine officials have been in “serious talks” with about a dozen states and some utilities, including NV Energy, about the possibility of eventually instituting their system, which they’ve dubbed TerbineLink. The challenge, Knight said, centers on ...
  • NV Energy seeks Northern Nevada's 1st rate hike in 12 years
    Citing unprecedented growth in the Reno-Sparks area in recent years, the state's largest electric utility is seeking its first general rate increase in more than a decade in Northern Nevada. If approved by ...
  • U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks at a press conference to discuss support for clean energy initiatives at NV Energy Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
    New federal measures aim to increase production of clean energy on public lands
    Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in a visit to Las Vegas, announced that the Department of Interior was reducing rents and fees for wind and solar projects on public lands by 50% for both existing and new projects. The department will ...
  • Mojave Green Founder Shannon Salter, wearing a horned lizard mask, protests the NV Energy Greenlink Nevada Transmission Line project Monday, May 16, 2022.
    NV Energy Greenlink West project attracting criticism
    The Bureau of Land Management started the public comment process this week for the Greenlink West Project, part of a larger initiative by NV Energy to create a “renewable energy ...
  • US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during the Clean Energy Jobs & Justice Forum at North Las Vegas City Hall Thursday, June 10, 2021.
    U.S. energy chief touting renewables in stops around Las Vegas
    U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured Nevada’s vast former national nuclear proving ground on Friday and visited a Las Vegas-area liquid hydrogen ...
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