Thursday, June 2, 2011

Solar Landing Near Las Vegas: 20 MW PV Project by Fotowatio

A large solar power panel farm is set to rise near Las Vegas, Nevada with the help of a federal loan guarantee program. The Department of Energy on Thursday announced a $45.6M conditional loan guarantee offer to solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to build a 20 MW solar photovoltaic project.

Fotowatio plans to use silicon solar panels that will sit on single-axis trackers, which help to boost electricity production by rotating the panels to face the sun directly as the sun moves across the horizon. Power from the project will go to Nevada utility NV Energy.

Source: Gigaom

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