A utility-scale solar project is underway in Lincoln County, with plans to serve several Strip locations.
Engineering and construction firm Bechtel was selected by Estuary Power to design and build the new 226-megawatt DC solar facility – Escape Solar – in southeastern Nevada. The new solar arrays will serve four major customers in Nevada: MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Las Vegas and the Overton Power District.
“We look forward to building a facility that will generate renewable energy for decades to come and add to Nevada’s successful history of renewable power generation,” said Kelley Brown, chief operating officer of Bechtel’s renewable and clean energy business, in a statement.
Estuary Power is a Reno-based company that develops, owns and operates large-scale energy generation and storage projects in the western United States.
Estuary also closed a $340 million financing package for the solar project in late December, which it announced Wednesday.
The project will consist of 389,000 solar panels over 900 acres and will be the first utility-scale solar project to be developed in Lincoln County. The panels will be “highly efficient bifacial solar panel technology that allows both sides of the panels to absorb sunlight.”
The actual megawatt capacity of the Escape will be 185 MW, with 400 megawatt hours of battery storage. MGM will receive 115 MW of solar power and 400 MW hours of battery energy storage; 25 MW to the Overton Power District; 25MW to Caesars Entertainment; and 20 MW to Wynn Las Vegas.
The project is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2025 and is expected to generate $80 million in tax revenue for Lincoln County over its lifetime.
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