Ranchers, Environmentalists and Indigenous People Oppose Lithium Mine On Sacred Land
Lithium Nevada has proposed a pit mine on the ancestral lands of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone tribes. The land is currently controlled by the Bureau of Land Management.
Proposed Geothermal Project May Threaten the Rare Dixie Valley Toad
The Dixie Valley Toad lives in one location in the entire world – a small spring-fed wetland near Fallon, Nevada. Ormat Technologies Inc., has proposed a geothermal project in that exact location, threatening to make the toad extinct.
UNR geophysics team uses drones carrying sensing equipment to search for new geothermal pools hidden underground
Many geothermal hot spots may never break through the Earth’s surface. The drones can fly over vast Nevada terrain carrying magnetic sensing equipment that can identify geological areas ripe for geothermal.
Nevada has abundant geothermal activity. Should energy companies develop it?
Nevada has many places with potential for geothermal energy, but unfortunately, they are far away from the state’s big cities.
Windy, but no windfall: Why Nevada lags behind in commercial wind power
Nevada is a vast, windy state yet it ranks 33rd in the nation’s wind energy production. It turns out the temperamental gusts are part of the problem.
Despite pandemic, state incentives help boost Nevada’s ‘electric highway’
People keep buying electric vehicles, and Nevada continues to build infrastructure to support the shift away from internal-combustion transportation. The shift reduces green-house gas emission.
Nevada’s renewable energy sector faces some clouds, then — perhaps soon — sunny days
As Nevada pushes toward sourcing half its electricity from renewable energy by 2030, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused some turbulence in the renewables sector.
Yucca Mountain: Faster water flow undermines project safety, UNR geologist says
More than two decades of research raises questions about whether scientific “fixes” at a proposed nuclear repository could keep groundwater safe from radioactive contamination.
Daylight On Demand: Why batteries may fuel the future of solar power in Nevada
While the COVID-19 pandemic is proving problematic for the solar industry, there’s a more fundamental challenge: the sun doesn’t always shine. Read how one power plant in Nevada was able to find an unusual way around that issue, and why others may be taking a different approach in the near future: batteries.
