The nation’s growing renewable energy sector won’t be derailed by the transition to a new, seemingly less favorable presidential administration. That was the underlying message Thursday at a ceremony celebrating the completion of Nevada’s newest and largest solar power station.
A small leak in a tank filled with molten salt has shut down a $1 billion solar plant in Central Nevada touted for its ability to generate electricity day or night.
If approved by the commission, it would become the third large gaming company in the state to abandon the state-regulated energy company in recent months.
It would take more than a decade and cost at least $30 billion before the shuttered underground dump site at Yucca Mountain could begin accepting shipments of highly radioactive waste, according to experts on the controversial project.
Tesla Motors got approval from investors to combine with SolarCity Corp. in an effort to expand the market for solar power and give electric car owners new options for solar charging.
Two pro-rooftop solar groups have appealed a district court ruling upholding Nevada’s new, less favorable net metering rates to the Nevada Supreme Court.
NV Energy, showing the potential for use of drones in dangerous work in the inspection industry, announced on Tuesday that it conducted its first power line inspection using drones from June 29-July 1.
Las Vegas, a city known for its lights, is serving as the pilot site for a new off-the-grid technology that relies on a combination of footsteps and sunlight to brighten sidewalks.
A federal court has dismissed an appeal by Apex Clean Energy that could have saved the Virginia-based company from having to restart the lengthy environmental review process for its proposed wind farm near Searchlight.
General Electric and Baker Hughes are combining their oil and gas businesses to create a powerful player in an energy sector buffeted by years of weak prices.
California-based energy company’s proposal would be the world’s largest solar project in Nevada, a $5 billion endeavor involving at least 100,000 mirrors and 10 towers as tall as any building in the state.
The data storage company Switch has filed what is commonly called an “exit” application with state regulators so it can obtain wholesale electricity for its Northern Nevada Tahoe-Reno SUPERNAP project.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday named two new appointees to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.
State utility regulators on Friday unanimously approved grandfathering in as many as 32,000 existing residential rooftop solar customers under prior, more favorable utility rates for 20 years.
The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians will soon see the third solar power plant developed on its reservation in Clark County, as the tribe continues to pioneer renewable energy generation on tribal lands.
