Las Vegas just became the largest US city to run solely on renewable energy - GoFuckYourself.com

2MuchMark · 12-21-2016, 04:23 PM

Amazing!!! Congrats Las Vegas!

https://mic.com/articles/163001/las-...ial#.meAE50n1Q

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The city of Las Vegas officially achieved a milestone last week, when Boulder Solar 1 ? a solar power plant on the edge of Boulder City, Nevada ? went live. According to the Huffington Post, the plant's acres of solar panels will provide 100% of the city's municipal power, excluding commercial and residential buildings.

It's something Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is particularly proud of.

"We can brag that the city, this city of Las Vegas, is one of the few cities in the entire world that can boast using all of its power from a green source," Goodman said Monday at a press conference.

City officials had been working toward this goal since 2008, when they first began the transition to renewable energy. Since then, the city has saved some $5 million a year, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

kane · 12-21-2016, 04:27 PM

This is great news. Hopefully this will spread across the nation sooner than later.

2MuchMark · 12-21-2016, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kane

This is great news. Hopefully this will spread across the nation sooner than later.

I know!! I love this. I wonder what the next city to go 100% solar will be?

Linkster · 12-21-2016, 04:40 PM

Rather misleading

quote: 100% of the city's municipal power, excluding commercial and residential buildings.

Commercial and residential is somewhere in the neighborhood of 90% of the power consumption in Las Vegas - 15% of that comes from Hoover Dam, the rest from the normal grid which is supplied by gas and coal fired plants.

I agree that it is a step in the right direction, but it's way overstated in that article

Robbie · 12-21-2016, 04:45 PM

Also...Vegas power has always been renewable. The Hoover Dam generates it for the last 70 years or so.

NALEM · 12-21-2016, 05:25 PM

It's about time. Several countries have been working on this, with Sweden leading.

Sweden?s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish | The Independent

Rochard · 12-21-2016, 05:43 PM

When you drive from LA to Vegas there a huge solar farm on the side of the freeway.... Looks massive.

Lewis11 · 12-21-2016, 09:50 PM

Congrats to Vegas!

Lykos · 12-21-2016, 10:23 PM

That's very nice, congrats !

Paul Markham · 12-22-2016, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Linkster

Rather misleading

quote: 100% of the city's municipal power, excluding commercial and residential buildings.

Commercial and residential is somewhere in the neighborhood of 90% of the power consumption in Las Vegas - 15% of that comes from Hoover Dam, the rest from the normal grid which is supplied by gas and coal fired plants.

I agree that it is a step in the right direction, but it's way overstated in that article

They need to put up more panels. In places like Vegas Solar, Wind and the Hoover Dam can cut out most of the gas and coal-fired plants. They should press on with it.

bns666 · 12-22-2016, 08:03 AM

nice for vegas

Caitlin BongaCash · 12-22-2016, 10:51 AM

legendary town

Linkster · 12-22-2016, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham

They need to put up more panels. In places like Vegas Solar, Wind and the Hoover Dam can cut out most of the gas and coal-fired plants. They should press on with it.

Not only should they not do that...it would be cost prohibitive to even try.
That is why they didn't really do this...all the article is referring to is some government buildings.

Trying to use solar, wind and the dam for residential and commercial would bankrupt the economy in Las Vegas...they already get 15% of their power from the dam (and that is running at full capacity).

The residents of Las Vegas, as well as the casinos, would never back a plan to raise their own taxes and power costs to 100 times what they are now...just not going to happen.

mineistaken · 12-22-2016, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Robbie

Also...Vegas power has always been renewable. The Hoover Dam generates it for the last 70 years or so.

ruined huffpost readers' party

twinvisible · 12-22-2016, 06:52 PM

Some of the casinos here have their own solar plants. They are trying to get away from the energy company here and become self sustainable but it comes with a steep price to buy out of the energy contract.

On the other hand though, fuck Nevada government. They effectively killed off residential solar market by lowering the price in which they buy back energy from houses and businesses (net metering). All the solar companies soon left after that. I was in the middle of getting them installed on my house but they up and left.

We got the hoover dam, the ivanpah solar facility (can be seen on way to LA) and a few other solar fields for renewable energy. If they brought back residential solar incentives we would be all set.

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twinvisible Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 376	Some of the casinos here have their own solar plants. They are trying to get away from the energy company here and become self sustainable but it comes with a steep price to buy out of the energy contract. On the other hand though, fuck Nevada government. They effectively killed off residential solar market by lowering the price in which they buy back energy from houses and businesses (net metering). All the solar companies soon left after that. I was in the middle of getting them installed on my house but they up and left. We got the hoover dam, the ivanpah solar facility (can be seen on way to LA) and a few other solar fields for renewable energy. If they brought back residential solar incentives we would be all set.