The next time you are flying in or out of McCarran International
Airport, Las Vegas, take a look at the valley that spreads just
southeast of the city. Over there, just behind the mountain range
that rims the edge of Las Vegas, lies El Dorado Solar Energy Zone
– the epicenter of Nevada's solar revolution and the
future of green energy in Nevada. Massive, industrial-scale solar
fields are already covering parts of that valley and more will be
springing up soon.
While rooftop solar installers Sunrun and SolarCity were busy
lobbying the Nevada Legislature, needlessly attacking the
state's Public Utilities Commission (PUCN), and trying to
convince the world that net metering does not lead to a cost shift,
a collaboration between utility-scale solar developers, NV Energy,
and a number of innovative companies was quietly changing
Nevada's energy mix and leading the state's green energy
revolution.
