Solar plant gets offer for conditional loan guarantee

By Matthew CrowleyLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 3, 2011 - 1:00 am

The Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $45.6 million loan guarantee to support a 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant going up 20 miles north of Las Vegas, officials said Thursday.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the offer in a statement.

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures of Spain will build the plant, called Spectrum Solar. Spectrum Solar would be able to power more than 7,000 homes in Clark County.

The Department of Energy is supporting the project with funding from the 2009 Recovery Act.

Construction is scheduled to start as early as 2011, with completion to follow sometime in late 2012. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures estimates the project will create 250 jobs at peak construction. Power from the project will be sold to NV Energy.

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By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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NV Energy overcharged customers by $65M

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New nuke tests won’t include blasts, energy secretary says

By Aamer Madhani The Associated Press

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New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.

Here’s how your NV Energy bill changed in October

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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NV Energy building. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

AG’s office calls NV Energy’s new mandatory demand charge ‘unlawful’

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

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AG Ford sues feds over $150M in low-income solar funds

By Alan Halaly / RJ

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‘Unnecessary red tape’ is derailing Nevada’s solar industry, letter argues

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 20, 2025 - 10:45 am

Nevada leaders are concerned about unclear and restrictive guidance from the Interior Department.

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Feds cancel review of Vegas-sized solar farm in Nevada desert

By Alan Halaly / RJ

October 10, 2025 - 1:57 pm

Plans to build a major solar farm slated for the Nevada desert appear to have been canceled as federal officials shift priorities surrounding the nation’s energy generation.