The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved NV Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan to bring an additional 1,190MW of new solar energy projects.
The new projects will provide energy enough to power 230,000 homes – and an additional 590MW of energy storage capacity.
The three projects will be located in southern Nevada and are expected to be completed and serving customers by 1 January 2024. With the addition of these new projects, NV Energy will also meet the commitment made to customers last year to double its renewable energy.
The three new projects are:
- Arrow Canyon Solar Project – 200MW solar photovoltaic project with a 75MW – 5-hour battery storage system. The project will be located in Clark County, NV, 20 miles northeast of Las Vegas on the Moapa Band of Paiutes Indian Reservation. It is being developed by EDF Renewables North America, a market-leading independent power producer and service provider with over 30 years of expertise in renewable energy. EDF Renewables’ North American portfolio consists of 16 gigawatts of developed projects and 10 gigawatts under service contracts.
- Southern Bighorn Solar & Storage Center – 300MW solar array that includes a 135MW-4 hour Li-on battery energy storage system. The project will be built in Clark County, NV on the Moapa River Indian Reservation about 30 miles north of Las Vegas. It is being developed by 8minute Solar Energy, the largest independent developer of solar PV and storage projects in the United States, with over 15GW of solar and storage under development in California, the Southwest, Texas, and the Southeast, with more than 2GW of solar power plants now in operation.
- Gemini Solar + Battery Storage Project – 690MW solar photovoltaic array coupled with a 380MW AC battery storage system. The project will be located in Clark County, NV 25 miles northeast of Las Vegas on approximately 7,100 acres of federally-owned land under the management of the Bureau of Land Management. It is being developed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners in collaboration with Arevia Power, who are managing the development phases of the project. Quinbrook is a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management.
- The projects will create more than 3,000 construction period jobs using union labour. This will ensure the highest quality construction is used in delivering these projects so they can serve Nevada’s energy needs for the long term.
NV Energy signed its first renewable power purchase agreement in the 1980s and has since prided itself on making renewable energy development a priority. The company exceeded Nevada’s current renewable energy requirement for the ninth straight year in 2018.
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