Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has appointed Dr. Hatice Gecol as the state’s commissioner of energy.
Gibbons said in a release Monday that Jim Groth, a chief warrant officer in the Nevada National Guard, will replace Gecol as director of the state Office of Energy. Gibbons says Groth was previously chairman of the Nevada Solar Task Force. Groth has been an environmental supervisor in Carson City with the guard.
Customers can vote on nine sites in Southern Nevada that executives are considering to place the next community solar project.
All the way north on Las Vegas Boulevard, the utility is harnessing the power of the sun for the valley’s 2.3 million residents to use.
A lithium company has closed on a federal loan from the Biden-Harris Administration for $2.26 billion in an effort to expand EV manufacturing and increase high-paying jobs.
A group of auto workers, transit advocates and others from across the country visited Nevada’s lithium sites this week. Here’s why.
Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge mine will produce enough lithium for 370,000 electric vehicles a year, according to the company.
The federal agency leased 217,000 acres of Nevada’s public lands for geothermal energy development and is making an effort to speed up permitting timelines.
The Thacker Pass mine, which will provide lithium needed to make electric vehicle batteries, is expected to be operational by 2028.
Part of Bahsahwahbee, or Swamp Cedars, — the 25,000-acre massacre site — is on the list of the sacrifices the Biden-Harris administration believes Nevada must make for green energy across 11 states.
Just 45 miles south of Las Vegas on the California side of the state line lies a pixelated maze with towers that looks like an art installation but isn’t.
The federal government’s Western Solar Plan places Nevada — and Nye County — at the center of the country’s clean energy goals. Many aren’t happy.
