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MGM Resorts Declares Its Commitment To Renewable Energy

May 27, 2016

MGM Resorts International has announced that it will no longer be a customer of NV Energy. MGM is paying an exit fee of almost $87 million and will buy power on the open market.

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Shining The Light On Rooftop Solar

May 10, 2016

A new day could be dawning in the debate over solar power in Nevada. A compromise between solar customers and NV Energy could be in the works. 

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Mike Easterwood checks one of the solar panels installed on the roof of his self-storage business in Decatur, Ga., in 2013. The state has begun to embrace solar but it represents a fraction of the state's power generation.

Like Night And Day: How Two States' Utilities Approach Solar

Jan 01, 2016
As homeowners embrace solar, utilities are making less money, and that's shaking up their business model. Companies in California and Georgia are handling the growth in dramatically different ways.
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A SunEdison control center in Boston tracks the company's solar and wind farms around the country.

Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar

Dec 29, 2015
Congress has extended tax credits for clean energy as part of a $1.8 trillion spending bill. Solar and wind power companies say it will catapult the industry at a time when costs are already falling.
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Jordan Chase (left), Alphabet Energy's lead engineer, and CEO Matt Scullin measure PowerCard properties in the company's lab in Hayward, Calif.

A Lot Of Heat Is Wasted, So Why Not Convert It Into Power?

Aug 20, 2015
What if there were a way to take the waste heat that spews from car tailpipes or power plant chimneys and turn it into electricity? An entrepreneur says something called thermoelectrics is the key.
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Clean-up facts: Breaking down the EPA’s new carbon emission reduction plan

Aug 10, 2015

What do the new regulations mean for Nevada?

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How Do You Harness Alternative Energy

Aug 18, 2010
Big solar and wind farms are laying claim to Nevada, but what about the homeowners and small businesses? How can they harvest energy? And how easy (or hard) is that process? Kermitt Waters tried to build a wind turbine in his backyard, but his neighborhood council shut him down. Hotels like the Golden Gate are using geothermal cooling, and the school district is inserting solar panels.
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