List of power stations in Nevada

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

Fossil fuel

Coal

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Status Year Opened
TS Power Plant[1] 40°45′7″N 116°30′56″W / 40.75194°N 116.51556°W Coal 242[2] Operational 2008
Reid Gardner Generating Station 36°39′25″N 114°38′02″W / 36.657°N 114.634°W Coal 577 Operational 1965
North Valmy Generating Station 40°52′48″N 117°8′54″W / 40.88000°N 117.14833°W Coal 522 Operational 1981
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Natural gas

Name Type Capacity (MW) Status
Chuck Lenzie Generating Station gas 1,102 operational
Clark Mountain Combustion Turbines gas 132 operational
Edward W. Clark Generating Station gas 1,103 operational
Fort Churchill Generating Station gas 226 operational
Frank A. Tracy Generating Station gas 889 operational
Harry Allen Generating Station gas 628 operational
Silverhawk Generating Station gas 390 operational
Walter M. Higgins Generating Station gas 530 operational

Renewable

Solar

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Status
Copper Mountain Solar Facility 35°47′N 114°59′W / 35.783°N 114.983°W Photovoltaic 57.6[3] Operational
Stillwater Solar Plant[4] 39°32′N 118°33′W / 39.533°N 118.550°W Photovoltaic 26 Operational
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Geothermal

The following table contains information on geothermal plants located in Nevada:[5]

Name Location Type Generating Capacity Operator Year opened
Beowawe Beowawe, Nevada Double Flash 18 MW Beowawe Power LLC 1985
Beowawe 2 Eureka, Nevada Binary 1.9 MW Terra-Gen Power 2011
Brady Hot Springs Churchill County, Nevada Double Flash 26.1 MW Ormat 1992
Desert Peak Churchill County, Nevada Binary 11 MW Ormat 2006
Dixie Valley Dixie Valley, Nevada Double Flash 64 MW Terra-Gen Operating Co. 1988
Dixie Valley 2 Churchill County, Nevada Binary 6.2 MW Terra-Gen Power 2012
Faulkner Humboldt County, Nevada Binary 50 MW Nevada Geothermal Power 2009
Florida Canyon Mine Pershing, Nevada Binary 0.1 MW ElectraTherm 2012
Galena II Churchill County, Nevada Binary 15 MW Ormat 2007
Galena III Reno, Nevada Binary 30 MW Ormat 2008
Jersey Valley Reno, Nevada Binary 15 MW Ormat 2010
Mcginness Hills Lander, Nevada Binary 30 MW Ormat 2012
Richard Burdett Steamboat, Nevada Binary 27 MW Ormat 2005
Salt Wells Churchill County, Nevada Binary 18.1 MW Enel Green Power 2009
San Emidio (Empire) San Emidio, Nevada Binary 4.8 MW U.S. Geothermal 1987
San Emidio Repower Washoe County, Nevada Binary 12.8 MW U.S. Geothermal 2012
Soda Lake Fallon, Nevada Binary 5.1 MW Magma Energy (US) Corp 1987
Soda Lake II Fallon, Nevada Binary 18 MW Magma Energy (US) Corp 1991
Steam Boat I Washoe County, Nevada Binary 8.4 MW Ormat 1986
Steam Boat IA Reno, Nevada Binary 2.4 MW Ormat 1988
Steam Boat 2 Reno, Nevada Binary 29 MW Ormat 1992
Steam Boat 3 Reno, Nevada Binary 24 MW Ormat 1992
Steamboat Hills Steamboat, Nevada Single Flash 14.4 MW Ormat 1988
Stillwater Fallon, Nevada Binary 47.3 MW Enel NA 2009
Tuscarora Elko, Nevada Binary 18 MW Ormat 2012
Wabuska I Wabuska, Nevada Binary 1.1 MW Home Stretch Geothermal 1984
Wabuska II Wabuska, Nevada Binary 1.1 MW Home Stretch Geothermal 1987

Wind

Name Location Type Generating Capacity Operator Year opened
Spring Valley Wind White Pine County, Nevada Onshore wind 152 MW 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". Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ↑ RPS Project Status Table - February Update
  4. ↑ World's First Geothermal-Solar Power Plant opens in Nevada
  5. ↑ "Geothermal Power Plants - USA". Geothermal Energy Association. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-29.