First seeds of solar energy plan may be planted in Nevada
Two planned solar stations in Nevada could be among the first renewable-energy plants to result from a new federal push toward green fuels.
NextLight Renewable Power, a California developer of alternative energy, has applied for permits to build two photovoltaic plants on public lands near Primm. Under a plan federal officials announced Monday in Las Vegas, the projects could be under way sometime by 2010.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar cited NextLight’s proposals as the first solar plants poised for fast-tracked construction permits under an initiative that will reserve 670,000 acres of Western public lands for the development of solar power. As many as 13 plants could be under construction by the end of 2010 in Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, Salazar said. Read more:
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