wiredinUSA October 2014

Nevada projects

Three companies will build 480MW of photovoltaic solar projects in southern Nevada, close to transmission lines connecting California with Arizona. In June 2014 the Bureau of Land Management named the three companies as winners in an auction for solar developers to build projects in the Dry Lake solar zone, about 15 miles north of Las Vegas. First Solar is planning a 200MW project, Invenergy will build a 130MW project, and Las Vegas utility NV Energy has plans for a 150MW project. The Dry Lake zone includes two transmission corridors with

natural gas, petroleum product and electric transmission lines, includinga 500kV transmission line. First Solar is already working on the 250MW Silver State South solar project near Primm, Nevada, sold in May to NextEra Energy Resources. Power from the facility will be sold to Southern California Edison under a 20-year contract. Also in southern Nevada, First Solar is building the 250MW Moapa Southern Paiute project to provide power to the Los Angeles department of power.

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