Secretary Deb Haaland
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By ESS news
The American Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced this on Monday given a final decision approval of Arevia Power’s $2.3 billion, 700 MW solar, plus 700 MW/2.8 GWh battery storage Libra Solar projectthe largest colocation project in the state of Nevada.
Developed by Arevia Power about 20 miles south of the Fort Churchill substation in Yerington, near the Mineral County-Lyon County border, the project is expected to be in service by the end of 2027.
In June, Arevia Power announced the signing of a power purchase agreement with local utility NV Energy.
In the same announcement on Monday, the U.S. Department of the Interior said it had also approved NV Energy’s Greenlink West transmission project, which will run 350 miles from Las Vegas to Yerington and significantly increase the state’s transmission capacity.
The BLM has also opened a comment period for the Bonanza Solar Project Draft amendment to the resource management plan and environmental impact assessment. The proposed 300 MW solar facility would include a 195 MW/780 MWh battery storage system and an 8.4 mile generation line on approximately 5,133 acres of public land in Clark and Nye counties, near Las Vegas.
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