List of power stations in Nevada

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Nevada.

Fossil fuel

Coal
NameLocationTypeCapacity (MW)StatusYear Opened
TS Power Plant[1]40°44′48″N 116°31′42″WCoal242[2]Operational2008
North Valmy Generating Station40°52′50″N 117°9′8″WCoal522Operational1981
Reid Gardner Generating Station 36°39′22″N 114°37′58″W Coal 1028 Permanently closed 1965
Ely Energy Center Coal 1,500–2,500 Cancelled
White Pine Energy Station 39.729695°N 114.775508°W / 39.729695; -114.775508 (White Pine Energy Station) Coal 1,590 Cancelled
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Natural gas
NameTypeCapacity (MW)Status
Chuck Lenzie Generating Stationgas1,102operational
Clark Mountain Combustion Turbinesgas132operational
Edward W. Clark Generating Stationgas1,103operational
Fort Churchill Generating Stationgas226operational
Frank A. Tracy Generating Stationgas889operational
Harry Allen Generating Stationgas628operational
Silverhawk Generating Stationgas390operational
Walter M. Higgins Generating Stationgas530operational

Renewable

Solar
See also: Solar power in Nevada

The following list emphasizes operating solar photovoltaic and thermal plants in Nevada that are 20 MW or larger.
To update and expand this list, search the Energy Information Administration's plant-level data set by visiting the Electrity Data Browser.
Alternatively, view the Solar Industry Association's Major Solar Projects List which is less frequently updated.

NameLocationTypeCapacity
(MWAC)		StatusOperatorPPA
Recipient		Year
Completed
Aiya SolarMoapa River Indian ReservationPhotovoltaic100[3]Under ConstructionCapital Dynamics
Apex Nevada SolarNorth Las Vegas, NevadaPhotovoltaic20[4]OperationalSunEdison[5]NV Energy2012[6]
Battle Mountain Solar ProjectLander County, NevadaPhotovoltaic101[7]ProposedNV Energy
Boulder SolarBoulder City, NevadaPhotovoltaic150[8]OperationalSunpowerNV Energy2016
California Ridge Solar ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic200[9]Proposed
Copper Mountain Solar FacilityBoulder City, NevadaPhotovoltaic552[10]OperationalFirst SolarPacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Public Power Authority2016
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy ProjectNye County, NevadaConcentrating Solar Power (molten salt)110[11]Operational[12]Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC (subsidiary of SolarReserve)NV EnergySeptember 2015
Dodge Flat Solar Energy CenterWashoe County, NevadaPhotovoltaic200[7]ProposedNV Energy
El Dorado Solar Power PlantBoulder City, NevadaPhotovoltaic10[13]OperationalFirst SolarPacific Gas & Electric2008
Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar FarmMoapa River Indian ReservationPhotovoltaic300[7][14][15] Under ConstructionCapital DynamicsNV Energy2021
Fish Springs Solar Energy CenterDouglas County, NevadaPhotovoltaic100[7]ProposedNV Energy
Fort Churchill Solar ArrayLyon County, NevadaPhotovoltaic19.9[16][17]OperationalNV EnergyNV Energy2015
Harry Allen Solar Energy CenterClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic130[9]Proposed
KWHB Solar Power PlantHumboldt County, NevadaPhotovoltaic120[18]Proposed
Lago Seco Solar ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic120[9]Proposed
Luning Solar Energy CenterMineral County, NevadaPhotovoltaic50[19]OperationalLiberty UtilitiesLiberty Utilities California2017
Meadow Valley Solar ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic200[9]Proposed
Mesa Solar Energy ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic200[9]Proposed
Moapa Southern Paiute Solar ProjectMoapa River Indian ReservationPhotovoltaic250[20][9][21]OperationalFirst SolarLos Angeles Department of Water and Power2016
Mountain View SolarNorth Las Vegas, NevadaPhotovoltaic20[22]OperationalNextEra Energy ResourcesNV EnergyJanuary 2014[23]
Playa SolarClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic79[24]OperationalBerkshire Hathaway EnergyNV EnergyAugust 2017
Nellis AFB Solar StarClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic14[25]OperationalTerraForm PowerU. S. Air Force (Nellis Air Force Base)December 17, 2007
Nellis AFB Solar Array IIClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic15[6]OperationalNevada Power CompanyU. S. Air Force (Nellis Air Force Base)2015
Nevada Solar OneBoulder City, NevadaConcentrating Solar Power64[26]OperationalAcciona Solar Power[6]Nevada Power Company
Sierra Pacific Resources		June 2007
NRG SolarLas Vegas, NevadaPhotovoltaic6.5OperationalMGM Resorts[27]MGM Resorts
(rooftop solar)		2015
River Mountains SolarLas Vegas, NevadaPhotovoltaic14.4[28][29]OperationalTerraForm PowerSouthern Nevada Water AuthorityJanuary 2016
Searchlight SolarSearchlight, NevadaPhotovoltaic17.5[6]OperationalSwinertonNV EnergyDecember 16, 2014[9][30]
Silver State North Solar ProjectPrimm, NevadaPhotovoltaic50[31]OperationalFirst SolarNV EnergyMay 7, 2012
Silver State South Solar ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic250[32]OperationalNextEra Energy ResourcesSouthern California Edison2016
Snow Mountain Solar ProjectClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic100[9]Proposed
Spectrum Nevada SolarClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic30[33]OperationalSouthern Power CompanyNV Energy2013
Stillwater Solar PVFallon, NevadaPhotovoltaic22[34]OperationalEnel Green PowerNV Energy2012
Sunshine Valley Solar ProjectNye County, NevadaPhotovoltaic110[9]Proposed
Switch StationClark County, NevadaPhotovoltaic179[35]OperationalEDF EnergyNV Energy2017
Taba Generating Station200[6]Proposed
Techren Solar ProjectBoulder City, NevadaPhotovoltaic300[36][37]OperationalSwinertonNevada Power Company
Sierra Pacific Resources		2019
Toquop Energy ProjectLincoln County, NevadaPhotovoltaic100[38]Proposed
Townsite SolarBoulder City, NevadaPhotovoltaic180[36][39]Under ConstructionCapital Dynamics2021
Turquoise Solar ProjectWashoe County, NevadaPhotovoltaic60[40][41]Under ConstructionLiberty UtilitiesNV Energy2020
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Geothermal

The following table contains information on geothermal plants located in Nevada:[42]

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Beowawe Whirlwind Valley, Nevada Double Flash 18 Beowawe Power LLC 1985
Beowawe 2 Whirlwind Valley, Nevada Binary 1.9 Terra-Gen Power 2011
Blue Mountain Faulkner Winnemucca, Nevada Binary 50 Altarock 2009
Brady Hot Springs Churchill County, Nevada Double Flash 26.1 Ormat 1992
Desert Peak Churchill County, Nevada Binary 11 Ormat 2006
Dixie Valley Dixie Valley, Nevada Double Flash 64 Terra-Gen Operating Co. 1988
Dixie Valley 2 Churchill County, Nevada Binary 6.2 Terra-Gen Power 2012
Don Campbell 1 Mineral County, Nevada Binary 26 Ormat 2013
Don Campbell 2 Mineral County, Nevada Binary 16 Ormat 2015
Florida Canyon Mine Pershing, Nevada Binary 0.1 ElectraTherm 2012
Galena II Reno, Nevada Binary 13 Ormat 2007
Galena III Reno, Nevada Binary 26.5 Ormat 2008
Goodsprings Henderson, Nevada Binary 7 NV Energy 2010
Jersey Valley Reno, Nevada Binary 22.5 Ormat 2010
McGinness Hills 1 Lander, Nevada Binary 45 Ormat 2012
McGinness Hills 2 Lander, Nevada Binary 45 Ormat 2015
McGinness Hills 3 Lander, Nevada Binary 48 Ormat 2018
Patua Fallon, Nevada Binary 21 Cyrq 2013
Richard Burdett Steamboat, Nevada Binary 26 Ormat 2005
Salt Wells Salt Wells, Nevada Binary 23.6 Enel Green Power 2009
San Emidio (Empire) San Emidio, Nevada Binary 3.6 U.S. Geothermal 1987
San Emidio Repower Washoe County, Nevada Binary 11.8 U.S. Geothermal 2012
Soda Lake Fallon, Nevada Binary 5.1 Cyrq 1987
Soda Lake II Fallon, Nevada Binary 18 Cyrq 1991
Steam Boat I Washoe County, Nevada Binary 8.4 Ormat 1986
Steamboat IA Reno, Nevada Binary 2.4 Ormat 1988
Steamboat 2 Reno, Nevada Binary 13.4 Ormat 1992
Steamboat 3 Reno, Nevada Binary 13.4 Ormat 1992
Steamboat Hills Steamboat, Nevada Single Flash 14.6 Ormat 1988
Stillwater Fallon, Nevada Binary 47.3 Enel NA 2009
Tuscarora Elko, Nevada Binary 32 Ormat 2012
Homestretch Wabuska I and II Wabuska, Nevada Binary 5.6 Homestretch Geothermal 1984 and 1987
Tungsten Churchill County, Nevada Binary 24 Ormat 2017

Hydroelectric
Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Davis Dam Clark County, Nevada 251 United States Bureau of Reclamation 1951
Fleish Washoe County, Nevada 2.5 Truckee Meadows Water Authority 1905
Hoover Dam Clark County, Nevada 2080 United States Bureau of Reclamation 1936
Lahontan Dam Churchill County, Nevada 5.9 Truckee-Carson Irrigation District 1915
Verdi Washoe County, Nevada 2.3 Truckee Meadows Water Authority 1911
Washoe (Mogul) Washoe County, Nevada 1.9 Truckee Meadows Water Authority 1904

Wind
Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Spring Valley Wind Farm White Pine County, Nevada Onshore wind 152 NV Energy 2012

See also

References
  1. Newmont Corp. "TS Power Plant Wins Triple Crown". Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. Nevada Division Of Environmental Protection. "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. Aiya Solar Project. "About the Project".
  4. NV Energy (August 2015). "Renewable Energy Projects List" (PDF).
  5. Solar Power World (July 2, 2012). "20-MW Apex Solar Project is Sold Off".
  6. NV Energy. "Solar Projects".
  7. Patel, Sonal (2018-12-27). "NV Energy Accelerates Retirement of One of Nevada's Last Coal Units". POWER Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  8. NV Energy (August 2015). "Renewable Energy Projects List" (PDF).
  9. State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission (January 2015). "New and Proposed Generation Plants in Nevada".
  10. Copper Mountain Solar Facility
  11. SolarReserve. "Crescent Dunes". Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  12. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (November 10, 2015). "Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project".
  13. El Dorado Solar Power Plant
  14. "8minutenergy and NV Energy Announce Largest Solar Project Ever on Tribal Land". businesswire.com. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  15. "Capital Dynamics and 8minute Solar Energy Collaborate on 387MWdc Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Project". 8minute Energy. January 9, 2020.
  16. Reno Gazette-Journal (March 25, 2015). "SunPowers Large MV Solar Array Project Nearing Completion".
  17. Sunpower. "Fort Churchill Solar Project" (PDF). Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  18. KWHB Solar Power Plant (March 2018). "New and Proposed Generation Plants in Nevada".
  19. Record Courier. "Liberty Utilities celebrates Luning solar plant opening".
  20. State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission. "Renewable Energy Projects Approved and or Permitted by the PUCN".
  21. Moapa Solar Energy Center. "About the Project".
  22. NextEra Energy Resources. "Mountain View Solar Energy Center Fact Sheet" (PDF).
  23. NextEra Energy Resources. "Mountain View Solar Energy Center Fact Sheet" (PDF).
  24. "NV Energy buys utility-scale solar at record low price under 4 cents/kWh". July 9, 2015.
  25. Nellis Solar Power Plant
  26. Nevada Solar One
  27. "NRG Solar Partners with MGM Resorts". Solar Power World. July 3, 2013.
  28. U. S. Energy Information Administration (September 2015). "Planned U. S. Electric Generating Unit Additions".
  29. "SNWA Moves Forward with River Mountains Solar Project". impact-nv.org. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  30. "Searchlight Solar Project in Nevada Acquired by D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Bright Plain Renewable Energy". businesswire.com. August 24, 2014.
  31. Silver State North Solar Project
  32. First Solar (September 3, 2014). "Construction Begins on 250MW Silver State South Solar Project in Primm Nevada". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
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  34. NV Energy Solar Resources
  35. NV Energy. "NV Energy's Renewable Energy Sources".
  36. State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission. "Renewable Energy Projects Approved and or Permitted by the PUCN".
  37. "Clēnera's Techren II - The Second Stage of One of the Largest Solar Parks in the U.S. - Begins Operations". Clēnera. October 4, 2019.
  38. Toquop Energy Project
  39. "Capital Dynamics Acquires 180MWac Townsite Solar Project from Skylar Resources as First Acquisition of Rob Roy's Gigawatt Nevada". Capital Dynamics. August 1, 2019.
  40. Paul Nelson (October 16, 2018). "Northern Nevada's Largest Solar Project Set to Power Up". ktvn.com.
  41. Kelly Pickerel (February 28, 2020). "McCarthy begins construction on 61-MW Turquoise Solar project in Nevada". Solar Power World.
  42. "Geothermal Power Plants - USA". Geothermal Energy Association. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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