December 2, 2005—Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have collaborated with Solargenix Energy on the solar collector technology to be used in the development of Nevada Solar One, a 64-megawatt (MW) Solar Thermal Electric Generating Plant in Boulder City, Nevada. The plant is scheduled to begin production of electricity in early 2007.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to support Solargenix with this groundbreaking achievement,” said Mark Mehos, program manager for NREL’s Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) program. “Given today’s natural gas prices combined with tax incentives offered in the recently passed energy bill, utilities and investors are showing a lot of interest in the development of large-scale concentrating solar power plants. This is the first in line of a string of new large-scale domestic and international CSP projects.”
Solargenix recently announced the approval of amendments to its Power Purchase Agreements with Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company by the Public Utility Commission of Nevada (PUCN). This approval by the PUCN will allow Solargenix to complete the development of Nevada Solar One, the largest solar electric power plant to be built globally in the past 14 years and the third largest solar power plant in the world. This project will make Nevada one of the largest generators of solar energy in the US, says Solargenix.
Solargenix designs, manufactures, integrates and deploys solar thermal renewable energy systems. For more information, see the Web site.
