Utilities to test solar at existing gas plants
NV Energy, the electric utility formerly known as Nevada Power Co., and other energy companies are studying the feasibility of using solar energy systems to boost production at existing natural gas plants.
NV Energy and Dynegy Inc. will host the studies with support from the Salt River Project, Southern Co. and Progress Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute announced Monday.
The Nevada company is trying to determine the feasibility of attaching a solar thermal power plant to the Chuck Lenzie Generating Station near Las Vegas. Dynegy wants to adapt the technology for use at its Griffith Energy Facility, a gas-fired plant in Kingman, Ariz., that also supplies power to NV Energy. Read full story:
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