Nye County Renewable Energy Solar

Nye County, Nevada, where America's great entrepreneurial spirit drives a positive attitude toward new endeavors and opportunities. Our diverse economy includes mining, agriculture, recreation, and an influential public sector. Now, Nye County moves forward to establish robust renewable power production clusters.

• The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) recognizes Nye County for its superb solar resource. Abundant wind, geothermal, and biomass resources complete the County's renewable resource portfolio.
• Founded by hardy, independent-minded individuals, Nye County remains light on regulations and taxes and rich in development opportunities. Here, you will find freedom from corporate tax, personal income tax, franchise tax, and inventory tax. In addition, our property and sales taxes remain low.  We offer a voluntary development agreement designed to reduce development uncertainties. Establishing a relationship with County government will help to facilitate stakeholder interactions and the identification and possible implementation of mitigation opportunities early in the project.  Whatever the size of your project, you will find Nye County to be a reasonable, friendly place to do business.

Nye County - Ideally Suited For Renewable Energy Projects

 With the increasing focus on renewable resources, clean energy is the fastest growing industry in the State of Nevada (Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development). Nevada is rich in renewable energy resources and leads the nation in geothermal and solar power potential, with suitable areas for wind power development in many portions of the state (U.S. Energy Information Administration - Nevada State Energy Profile).  The state of Nevada has an aggressive renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that requires all public utilities to generate 25% of their electricity from renewable energy resources by 2025, with at least 6% from solar energy through 2016 - 2025. (Source: DSIRE).  Nevada's utilities have already begun to use a diverse mix of energy sources, including geothermal generation, and electricity generated by solar, wind, biomass, and hydro (Hoover Dam. Nevada is ranked first in the Nation in both installed geothermal energy and installed solar energy capacity on a per-person basis (NV Energy).