Nevada
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Shift to Renewables Requires Energy Storage
Jamal Burki is president of IHI Terrasun, a company that provides energy storage systems, including standalone systems and also those paired with solar power installations. Burki, who has spent just short of two years in his current role and has been with the company since 2015, recently provided POWER with insight into the energy storage […]
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Press Releases
Quinbrook and Primergy Solar Partner with APG on Gemini Solar + Storage Project
New York, NY – October 12, 2022 – Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (“Quinbrook”), a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on the new infrastructure needed for the energy transition, and its portfolio company Primergy Solar (“Primergy”) announced today the sale of a minority equity stake in its US$1.2 billion Gemini Solar + Storage project outside of Las […]
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News
Explosion, Fire Reported at Hoover Dam
A transformer exploded and caught fire at Hoover Dam in Nevada on July 19, according to local officials. Bureau of Reclamation official Jacklynn L. Gould said that at about 10 a.m. local (Pacific) time, the A5 transformer at the site caught fire. The blaze was extinguished at about 10:30 a.m., according to Gould. Gould said […]
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Press Releases
Quinbrook, Primergy Close $1.9 Billion Debt, Tax Equity Financing for Gemini Solar+Storage Project
OAKLAND, Calif., April 25, 2022 – Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (‘Quinbrook”) and Primergy Solar (‘Primergy”), announced today the final close of a monumental financing deal of $1.9 billion in debt and tax equity financing for the Gemini Solar + Storage project. Gemini is a 690 MWac/966 MWdc solar PV and 380 MW/1,416 MWh battery storage project […]
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Solar
Kiewit Chosen as EPC Lead on Massive Nevada Solar Project
Equipment suppliers and construction partners have been chosen for the $1.2 billion Gemini solar-plus-storage installation in Nevada, which when complete will be among the largest solar projects in the U.S. Oakland, California-based Primergy Solar, part of Australia-based Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and Gemini’s developer, owner, and operator, on March 3 said it has chosen Kiewit Power […]
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Solar
Nevada Regulators Approve Solar+Storage to Replace Coal-Fired Plant
Nevada utility NV Energy has received approval from state regulators to purchase two solar-plus-storage projects that will replace power generation from the group’s coal-fired North Valmy Generating Station. The 522-MW North Valmy plant is scheduled for closure in 2025. NV Energy in June of last year filed its triennial integrated resource plan with the Public […]
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Press Releases
BLM Solicits Interest in Solar Development on Public Lands in U.S. Southwest
DEC. 20, 2021 — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it is soliciting interest for utility-scale solar energy development on nearly 90,000 acres of public land located across Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Today’s solicitation is the agency’s largest for solar development interest since it designated 17 solar energy zones in a comprehensive […]
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Press Releases
Arevon Selects Nextracker to Supply Smart Solar Trackers for 1.5-GW U.S. Utility Solar Portfolio
REMONT, CALIF. (August 31, 2021) — Nextracker, the market leader in yield-enhancing PV system technology and solar trackers, today announced that Arevon Energy, Inc., has selected Nextracker for its upcoming 1.5 gigawatt (GW) portfolio of projects in Indiana and Nevada. Nextracker will supply NX Horizon™ smart solar trackers with TrueCapture™ and NX Navigator™ software and control […]
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News
2020 Voters Cement Nevada’s 50% RPS, Shakeup of Energy Oversight in New Mexico
Though vote-counting continued in the tight presidential race on Nov. 5, voters in Nevada and New Mexico appear to have made headway on crucial energy initiatives on the ballot. Nevada Approves a 50% by 2030 RPS In Nevada, the presidential race remained closely contested on Thursday morning with pundits predicting that a victory there for […]
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Feds Approve Largest U.S. Solar Project
A Nevada installation that would be the largest solar power project in U.S. history was approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior on May 11. The estimated $1 billion, 690-MW Gemini solar photovoltaic electric generating facility is sited on 7,000 acres about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Interior Secretary David L. Bernhardt signed […]
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