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County solar project fails to get fed loan guarantee

The company developing a solar power plant in Clark County failed to close Friday on a federal loan guarantee that would help obtain financing for the project, according to the Department of Energy.

Renewable energy’s job-generating power touted at Ivanpah Valley site

Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar stopped in Nevada on Tuesday to tout the job-generating power of renewable energy development, speaking at the Silver State North Project, a solar energy plant being built in the Ivanpah Valley, not far from where Interstate 15 crosses into California. The project is the first solar energy facility approved for construction on federal land in Nevada.

Solar-powered trash compactor reduces UNLV’s costs, helps environment

Clark County’s waste management contractor has partnered with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to install Southern Nevada’s first solar-powered trash compactor. The compactor, at UNLV near its Harmon Avenue entrance off of Swen-son Street, is designed to go easy on both the planet and on UNLV’s budget.