Energy
Development of a commercial solar power plant outside of Tonopah that is expected to create more than 600 construction jobs will be backed by a $737 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Thursday.
CARSON CITY — Alternative fuel entrepreneur Peter Gunnerman’s clean burning, Nevada-made diesel product is the type of innovation lawmakers promoting job creation and alternative energy typically embrace.
Gasoline prices are soaring toward $4 a gallon, a threshold that some analysts say will damage the fragile economic recovery, maybe even in Las Vegas.