A global investment firm is putting a quarter of a billion dollars into a mine project in northern Nevada at the site the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.
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BuildQ, an AI-powered platform for energy project development, received the first $100,000 investment from FundNV, a for-profit, pre-seed venture capital fund.
The decision to pull out of the project comes after the price of lithium plunged by around 80 percent, after its peak in 2022.
NV Energy filed a regulatory rate review with the Public Utilities Commission to recover costs from investments made prior to last summer’s “record-breaking heatwave.”
Las Vegas and Reno top the list of the nation’s fastest-warming cities. Here’s what Nevada’s lawmakers are proposing.
Gasoline prices are expected to spike as much as 40 cents per gallon in the coming weeks, with the potential for a higher increase in the longer term.
The Trump administration has frozen Nevada’s $156 million solar panel grant.
The Department of Government Efficiency and the Trump administration have unfrozen the $156 million grant associated with Nevada’s solar initiative.
Nevada is a prime location for geothermal energy — but not without controversy.
Three people have been arrested in an attempted copper wire theft at an energy substation, which caused a temporary power outage.
An attempted copper wire theft at an energy substation caused a temporary power outage, according to NV Energy.
Two-thirds of the Ivanpah Solar Generating Facility is shutting down after a major California utility company terminated its contract with plant owners.
An NV Energy spokesperson cited a “system error” that erroneously listed 75,000 customers without service Wednesday.
Once operational, Rhyolite Ridge will quadruple the nation’s current domestic lithium supply, officials say.
A hotly contested solar project that straddles the Nye-Clark County line received its final federal permits to proceed with construction.