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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be

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Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money.

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Tesla Gigafactory Nevada employees celebrate 1,000,000th battery pack built at plant

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Tesla Gigafactory Nevada employees have built the 1,000,000th battery pack produced at the plant. Employees at the Sparks, Nevada facility have each signed the commemorative pack, recognizing their hard work has officially resulted in one heck of a milestone for Tesla as a whole and each worker involved on production lines.

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Tesla supplier Panasonic announces new training, R&D campus near Gigafactory Nevada

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It is located just 25 miles from Gigafactory Nevada, where Tesla builds battery cells, Model 3 electric motors, and battery packs, along with energy storage products. “Investing in innovation and workforce initiatives in the local community supports our mission of creating a future powered by sustainable energy.”

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9

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DOE selects 5 geothermal energy projects to receive up to $28M

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Ormat Nevada, Inc. Reno, NV) will sequentially stimulate three wells at three separate operating geothermal fields in Nevada in order to conduct a comparative analysis of similar stimulations in different geologic environments and increase production: Don A.

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Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

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GVEC says the early ADER program has already registered around 17 MW of generation from Tesla’s Powerwall customers, and the utility provider’s Board President Gary Birdwell highlights how important the subject of energy storage is in today’s climate.

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Blue Bird premieres next-generation electric school bus; more range, faster charging, increased seating; Cummins Accelera powertrain

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The zero-emission vehicle will be on display for the first time from 14-19 July 2023, inside the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. An improved engineering design and internally insulated batteries limit the heat loss in the vehicle’s next-generation energy storage system.

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