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Nevada’s renewable energy prospects booming

Energy office director: Renewable energy industry will see explosive growth Las Vegas Sun Jim Groth Dec. 27, 2009 By 2020, solar and alternative-energy-related businesses will surpass gaming and mining as the state’s growth industries.

Nevada currently produces 100 megawatts of solar energy. Over the next 10 years that will multiply by 1,000 percent.

The state could come to resemble Detroit during its boom after World War II, when the auto industry took off. Developing solar, particularly in Southern Nevada, will attract equipment manufacturers. That will, in turn, attract other job-creating industries.

The state should begin to export some of its renewal energy to California or Oregon…………The $17.5 million solar power project that will produce energy for three National Guard bases, two of them in Clark County, is one example of how to pay for alternative energy development.

The state isn’t putting up a dollar. The company, Sierra Solar LLC, is building the project using federal tax breaks and other incentives. The National Guard will pay 15 cents a kilowatt hour for 20 years, thus avoiding an expected rise in its power bills far beyond 2020.

Energy office director: Renewable energy industry will see explosive growth – Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 | 2 a.m. – Las Vegas Sun

December 27, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | renewable energy, renewables, solar