Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar stopped in Nevada on Tuesday to tout the job-generating power of renewable energy development, speaking at the Silver State North Project, a solar energy plant being built in the Ivanpah Valley, not far from where Interstate 15 crosses into California. The project is the first solar energy facility approved for construction on federal land in Nevada.
Renewable energy will save Nevada. At least, that’s the idea.
Clark County’s waste management contractor has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to install Southern Nevada’s first solar-powered trash compactor. The compactor, at UNLV near its Harmon Avenue entrance off of Swen-son Street, is designed to go easy on both the planet and on UNLV’s budget.
Ten thousand. That’s the number of green jobs Las Vegas had in 2010, according to a July report from the Brookings Institution. That jobs base accounts for 1.2 percent of the city’s jobs base.
The race to export renewable energy from Southern Nevada to California is on, with a rural electric co-op and a former Nevada governor vying for the lead.
Talk about no respect. Gary Vesperman says he knows how to end the world’s energy woes.
