Biden-Harris Administration Advances 15 Onshore Renewable Energy Projects With Potential to Power Millions of Homes
These projects are expected to produce up to 11,236 megawatts of electricity — enough to power over 3.5 million homes.
Nevada
Geothermal Energy Rising — Pros & Risks
Over the past few months, both the popular press and specialty publications in the renewable energy field have been abuzz with excitement about the commercialization of a new-ish geothermal energy technology by a Houston-based startup company, Fervo Energy. The approach, called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), uses hydraulic fracturing (fracking) techniques … [continued]
Featured image: A view of the Burning Man event from the International Space Station. Image by NASA ISS (Public Domain).
Climate Protests Shouldn’t Violate Tribal Sovereignty To Harass People Who Care
On Sunday, videos of a climate protest that literally got smashed by the police started floating around on social media. Like many protests, this one involved the blocking of a road, and it ended when a police officer rammed his way through the barricade and started arresting the protesters, one … [continued]
Redwood Materials May Be Worth $5 Billion Already
Battery recycling company and Tesla partner Redwood Materials is currently in discussion to raise as much as $700 million in funding. If all goes according to plan, the funding would put the company’s valuation at nearly $5 billion ahead of the company’s plans to construct a new factory in Nevada — though … [continued]
Fervo Completes Geothermal Energy Testing
Enhanced geothermal technology makes it possible to tap heat reservoirs beneath the Earth’s surface to generate zero emission electricity.
Nevada Clean Energy Transmission Projects Go Forward Thanks To Biden-Harris Admin
Greenlink transmission lines would bring 8 GW of clean energy to Nevada communities
Lithium News: 7 Lithium Stories You Might Have Missed
Lithium, lithium, lithium — as much as we cover the lithium market, there’s much more to cover. The lithium market is jumping. Below are 7 notable lithium stories we haven’t written about before today. Lithium Americas has started construction on its Thacker Pass lithium project located in Nevada. The Bureau … [continued]
A new wave of pumped hydro energy storage projects is hitting the US west, regardless of the "ant-woke" mudslinging among elected officials (image courtesy of rPlus Energies).
Massive Energy Storage Projects Planned For Nevada & Wyoming
A new wave of pumped hydro energy storage projects is hitting the US west, regardless of the “ant-woke” mudslinging among elected officials.
DOE Announces Conditional $2 Billion Loan For Redwood Materials Nevada Expansion
Redwood Materials is in line to receive up to $2 billion from the DOE to build its battery recycling facility in Nevada.
Tesla’s $3.6 Billion Expansion Plans At Giga Nevada
Operations at Tesla’s Sparks, Nevada, plant — its first gigafactory — are set to grow substantially in the coming years, with the company recently sharing plans to add two new factories. The Tesla factory has been a key producer of Tesla’s automotive batteries throughout the last several years, and soon … [continued]
