A growing network of cameras trained on the forested mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight Western wildfires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper, more tactical suppression than traditional war-like operations, experts said Wednesday. The high-definition cameras can be operated remotely to pan, tilt and zoom in the search for the first […]
Nevada Power Plant First in World with Solar-Geothermal Mix
Nevada’s governor, the premier of Italy and the director of the U.S. Energy Department’s renewable energy labs on Tuesday formally dedicated the final piece of the only hybrid power plant in the world producing renewable energy by combining geothermal with two kinds of solar power. The Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant built by a U.S. subsidiary […]
Nevada No Lock for Tesla Plant Despite Groundwork
A sprawling industrial park near Reno where wild mustangs roam among the sagebrush has become the focus of Tesla’s unusually secretive site selection process for its $5 billion battery factory, but the groundwork taking place is no guarantee that the plant and its 6,500 jobs are coming. Lance Gilman knows the bidding war with Texas, […]