Everything about the Hoover Dam, hailed as an engineering marvel of the 20th century, is massive. Now the 89-year-old structure is due for some massive maintenance ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...