Kiewit Chosen as EPC Lead on Massive Nevada Solar Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:48:49 +0000

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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Largest US Solar Power Plant Will Be Built On Public Land. Is That A Problem?

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 03:00:19 +0000

Gemini solar power plant NevadaThe largest solar power plant in the United States will be constructed on federal land northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The $1 billion project will include battery storage.

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Las Vegas Taxi Company Orders Hundreds Of Teslas

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 03:34:03 +0000

Kaptyn, a Transportations as a Service (TaaS) technology company in Las Vegas, today launched 30 Teslas in its on-demand transportation (i.e., taxi) service in Vegas. Initially, I thought, “That’s a big order. We should probably cover that.” As I jumped into the story, though, I saw it was about much more than 30 Teslas

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Feds Back Construction of Largest U.S. Solar Farm

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:55:51 +0000

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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Dec. 30 released a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Gemini solar project, a planned 7,100-acre installation outside Las Vegas, Nevada, with a proposed generation capacity of 690 MW. The $1 billion project would be the largest U.S. solar farm in terms of generation, and includes […]

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1.19 Gigawatts Of Solar Power For The Land Of The Gigafactory

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:16:40 +0000

solar power Nevada US Air ForceNevada, home of the Tesla EV Gigafactory, is getting a new burst of renewable energy with 1.19 new gigawatts of solar power from the company NV Energy

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GM Partners With LG Chem In New Joint Venture To Supply Batteries For Electric Trucks

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:35:31 +0000

General Motors and LG Chem are establishing a new joint venture to build battery cells at scale in the US. The new JV puts both companies on equal footing and will kick off with the construction of a new 30 GWh battery cell plant in northeastern Ohio that will create more than 1,100 new jobs

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