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More than $130M was allocated for EV charger buildout in Nevada. Few were built.
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (1428+ words) Scott Allison, a Las Vegas resident who drives an electric Kia, can travel about 280 miles before he needs to charge. He and his husband have flown to the Reno-Tahoe area to visit, but they're hesitant to drive all the way…...
Tesla pays Nevada $200K in fines for operating battery recycling equipment without permit
2+ week, 2+ day ago (503+ words) Tesla will pay Nevada $200,000 for operating battery recycling equipment at its Northern Nevada Tesla Gigafactory without a permit, according to a settlement signed by the company and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and obtained by The Nevada Independent…...
OPINION: Cheap renewable energy is useless if we can’t transmit it
2+ week, 4+ day ago (306+ words) Lowering the cost of living goes hand in hand with ensuring we build the most cost-effective energy sources. Demand for electricity is growing rapidly in Nevada because of our rising population, increased manufacturing, expanding data centers and electrification of buildings…...
Lombardo’s office declines lawmaker’s request to attend meeting on Musk’s Boring Co.
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (623+ words) In a rare move, the governor's office has declined an invitation from the chair of the Legislature's Interim Committee on Growth and Infrastructure to provide more details about the regulation of Elon Musk's controversial Boring Co. project in Southern Nevada....
Why has Musk’s Boring Co. quietly been buying real estate along Las Vegas Loop?
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (905+ words) The Boring Co. is snapping up real estate along planned extensions of its underground Las Vegas Loop in what some observers say is an investment with unclear prospects of a return." Subsidiaries of the Boring Co. have purchased eight properties…...
Feds: Massive Nevada solar project could still move forward with different approach
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (592+ words) The massive, Las Vegas-sized Esmeralda 7 solar project planned for Esmeralda County is still viable but is moving forward with a different approach, the Department of Interior (DOI) confirmed Tuesday to The Nevada Independent. Project proponents and the Bureau of Land…...
Is Nevada home to the only operating lithium production mine in the US?
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (181+ words) The only site in the U.S. where lithium is extracted and produced is located in Nevada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey." Located in Esmeralda County, the Silver Peak mine has been active since 1965. Today, it is operated by North Carolina-based chemical…...
Feds appear to cancel Vegas-sized solar project planned in rural Nevada
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (600+ words) A massive solar project proposed to be built in rural Esmeralda County with a footprint roughly the size of Las Vegas appears to have been scrapped by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Applicants were seeking to construct seven geographically…...
How rare is the U.S. government's new stake in a major Nevada lithium company?
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1141+ words) The suddenly fraught future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine cleared an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday, after the Trump administration agreed to release the first part of a loan critical to the Nevada project's development in exchange for the U.S. government…...
Amodei ‘open-minded’ on Trump admin eyeing stake in developer of Thacker Pass lithium mine
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (507+ words) After news broke Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration is seeking an equity stake in the company behind the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, the state's lone Republican member of Congress signaled openness to the proposal " if it means…...