Nevada-based utility NV Vitality stated it plans so as to add greater than 1 GW of capability from each solar energy and battery power storage to its era portfolio by the tip of 2027. The corporate, which incorporates Las Vegas in its service territory and is a part of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, unveiled the extra assets in its newest built-in useful resource plan (IRP) lately filed with state regulators.
“That is our path ahead and these are our precedence tasks to fulfill the current and long-term wants of our present and future clients,” stated Doug Cannon, NV Vitality president and CEO. “The requested assets current a balanced portfolio that may scale back NV Vitality reliance on costly and unreliable market assets and can place Nevada to proceed to offer dependable power providers at a price that’s beneath the nationwide common and is greater than 50% cheaper than power charges paid by residents of California.”
NV Vitality additionally stated it needs so as to add 400 MW of pure gas-fired peaking models that may help the facility grid in periods of excessive demand. The utility stated the peaking vegetation would assist scale back power prices for purchasers, and famous the models could be designed to burn hydrogen sooner or later.
Photo voltaic and Battery Storage
The IRP consists of energy buy agreements for 3 amenities:
- Dry Lake East, a proposed challenge 20 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Clark County, would have 200 MW of photo voltaic era capability, together with a 200-MW battery with a four-hour length (800 MWh). It’s anticipated to be in service by year-end 2026.
- Boulder Photo voltaic III, a proposed 128-MW photo voltaic challenge in Boulder Metropolis, is anticipated to be in-service in June 2027. The positioning additionally will embrace a 128-MW battery with a four-hour length (511.4 MWh).
- Libra Photo voltaic is a 700-MW solar energy set up that would come with a 700-MW battery with four-hour length (2,800 MWh). It’s deliberate for a web site about about 20 miles south of the Fort Churchill substation in Yerington, close to the Mineral County/Lyon County border. It’s anticipated to come back on-line by year-end 2027.
The 400 MW of further gas-fired capability could be co-located on the North Valmy Producing Station, which is a 522-MW coal-fired energy plant. The models are anticipated to be obtainable starting in 2028, sending electrical energy to northern sections of Nevada. The coal-fired models are anticipated to be retired subsequent 12 months.
NV Vitality has a number of solar energy tasks in its portfolio, lots of them tied to PPAs.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior affiliate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
