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Ely Energy Center
NV Energy, Inc. announced that it has postponed its plans to construct a coal-fired power plant in eastern Nevada due to increasing environmental and economic uncertainties surrounding its development. The company will not move forward with construction of the coal plant until the technologies that will capture and store green house gasses are commercially feasible, which is not likely before the end of the next decade.
Goodsprings Waste Heat Recovery Plant
Known as a “Recovered Energy Generation Power Plant” and the first of its kind in Nevada, Goodsprings is adjacent to a large natural gas compression station that is used to pump natural gas through Nevada to California.
In the normal operation of the gas compressor station waste heat is released. This energy can be converted to electricity by the installation of an energy converter similar to those used in geothermal electricity generation. The Goodsprings project will use three heat exchangers to capture the heat from each of the existing compressors, and then use that heat to turn a separate generator to produce electricity.
Harry Allen Generating Station
Originally built as a “simple cycle” plant to operate mostly during the hottest time of the year when customer demand was the highest, the plant is expanding to include two highly efficient General Electric 7FA+e combustion turbines and a recycled exhaust system to produce steam for a General Electric D11 steam turbine to make additional electricity. The additional generation is expected to be operational in 2011.
Unlike conventional power plants that use substantial amounts of water for cooling, the new units at the Harry Allen Generating Station will use a six-story-high dry cooling system. Similar to a car radiator, 36 massive fans (36-feet in diameter) will be used to condense the steam back into water to be reused in the plant.
One Nevada Transmission Line
The One Nevada Line (ON Line) is a 500 kV transmission line--with an in-service date of 2012--will provide greater system reliability by linking the northern and southern systems for the first time. The ON Line significantly increases the ability to obtain energy independence for Nevada by enabling us to share renewable resources, and more cost effectively our generation fleet to serve customers statewide, maximizing efficiency and improving reliability.
Reid Gardner
NV Energy is requesting a right-of-way grant from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the proposed ash storage facility and evaporation ponds expansion at Reid Gardner. Reid Gardner is a coal-fired electric generation facility located on private property bordered by BLM and Moapa Indian Reservation property. The facility produces several non-hazardous waste streams that are disposed onsite in a permitted landfill. The primary waste streams include fly ash, bottom ash, and water treatment sludge.