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posted by mrpg on Monday December 26 2016, @03:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the good-news-everyone dept.

Following up a previously stated desire to run off green and renewable sources, the city of Las Vegas, Nevada has effectively reached their goal.

Utilizing a vast array of solar panels, the 100-megawatt solar plant near Boulder City (named Boulder Solar 1) provides most of the energy needed to power the city's public sector -- that is, not including people's homes and businesses. That too, however, is on its way forward as solar panels are placed on homes and company rooftops; several casinos have also announced plans to move toward renewables (MGM Resorts, Wynn, and Las Vegas Sands as of reading the article sourced below). For some frame of reference on what the state normally produces, please look at the documentation on Nevada energy generation. The city has a 25-year contract to purchase 100 megawatts annually to feed into the grid. There also appears to be plans for the city to tap into the Hoover Dam, which despite being in the same state, Las Vegas has apparently never done so before.

Additional Source: The Independent


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2016, @07:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 26 2016, @07:46PM (#446130)

    It's still OK for you alt-rights to go there though, since they still shit on the earth by wasting a lot of water.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Monday December 26 2016, @10:53PM

    by isostatic (365) on Monday December 26 2016, @10:53PM (#446186) Journal

    You misspelt fascist

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 27 2016, @02:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 27 2016, @02:45AM (#446228)

      Ah the illusion of being smart when they really have not bothered to find out what those 'alt-right' guys are pissed off about with a touch of not knowing what a fascist is.

      If you look at most fascist societies the world currently has you will find 'benevolent communists' at the center of them.