Examples of the dozens of renewable energy projects that are benefiting Nevada include:
The One Nevada Transmission Line was awarded $343 million in low-cost Recovery Act financing to build a electricity transmission line to connect Northern and Southern Nevada and accelerate the development of clean renewable energy resources.
Nevada Geothermal Power received a $98.5 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy Financial Institution Partnership Program for their 49.5 megawatt Blue Mountain Faulkner geothermal plant.
The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in Clark County will receive $5.9 million from the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Program.
Nevada has received $32 million through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program to help Nevada’s state, counties, and cities implement more than 40 efficiency and renewable energy projects.
Clark County received approximately $8 million in funds to perform energy audits on up to 25 buildings and make energy‐efficiency retrofits on buildings and streetlights.
The State of Nevada has received $37.3 million through the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Program.
The Nevada State Office of Energy has received $34.7 million from the Department of Energy’s State Energy Program for a broad range of clean energy investments.
The Nevada System of Higher Education was awarded $5.7 million to apply distributed generation and energy accounting and control activities.
The Department of Defense awarded Fallon Naval Air Station and Hawthorne Army Depot $12.2 million for geothermal energy development and test wells.
The Department of Energy awarded $5.7 million to a UNLV, Pulte Homes, and NV Energy partnership to dramatically reduce peak demand and improve energy efficiency in a Las Vegas residential community.
Chemetall Foote was awarded $28.4 million for their Silver Peak lithium carbonate facility for production of materials for advanced transportation batteries through the Department of Energy’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.
The State of Nevada was awarded $438,573 from the Recovery Act Energy Assurance Planning Program to enhance state and local government energy assistance.
Enel Green Power was granted $61.5 million for their Stillwater and Salt Wells geothermal plants in Churchill County for a combined 61 MW via the Sec. 1603 Cash Grant in lieu of tax credits program.
The NV Energy Smart Grid project was awarded $138 million from the Department of Energy.
$93 million has been awarded for 25 geothermal R&D, demonstration and exploration projects either in Nevada (20 projects – $72.4M) or to grantees based in Nevada (5 projects – $20.5M), with $93.4 million more generated through industry matching funds.
Nevada Geothermal Power will receive $57.9 million from the Sec. 1603 Cash Grant in lieu of tax credits program for its Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 geothermal plant in Humboldt County to increase capacity by 20MW.
The Department of Energy awarded $816,274 to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for technical assistance on state electricity policies related to clean energy and smart grid development.
Nevada has received $2.5 million for Energy Efficiency Rebates for EnergyStar appliances.
The Department of Labor has awarded two grants, totaling $9.8 million, to Nevada for Clean Energy Job Training; Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation ($9.7M) and the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board ($100,000), Department of Labor Green Jobs program.
The Nevada Solar One concentrating solar panel plant in Boulder City, NV, has received $2.9 million through the Sec. 1603 Cash Grant in lieu of tax credits program.