wiredinUSA October 2014

Second Silver State plant

Construction has begun on the $1billion Silver State South solar power plant in the Mojave Desert, Nevada. The 250MW project is due to be completed in 2016. A First Solar representative explained that the project, which features arrays on nearly four square miles of federal land in Las Vegas, is being developed by First Solar adjacent to the smaller 50MW Silver State North project near Primm. Owned by Canada-based Enbridge,

the Silver State North project sells power to NV Energy for use in the Las Vegas area. A NextEra subsidiary will own the Silver State South plant, which will provide power to Southern California Edison as part of a long-term contract. NextEra president and CEO Armando Pimentel said: “Renewable energy sources such as solar power play an important role in the future energy mix in this country.”

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