List of power stations in Nevada

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Sources of Nevada electricity generation: full-year 2021 [1]

  Coal (6.6%)

  Natural Gas (62.5%)

  Hydroelectric (4.7%)

  Wind (0.8%)

  Biomass (0.1%)

  Solar (15.9%)

  Geothermal (9.4%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nevada, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Nevada had a total summer capacity of 11,938 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 39,890 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 6.9% coal, 64.6% natural gas, 12.1% solar, 9.8% geothermal, 5.6% hydroelectric, 0.8% wind, and 0.2% biomass.[1]

Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 680 GWh to Nevada’s electricity grid in 2019. This was seven times smaller than the amount generated by the state’s utility-scale PV plants.[1]
Nevada ranks second in the nation as a producer of geothermal resources, and fourth as a producer of solar resources.[3]

Fossil-fuel power stations[edit]

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]

Coal[edit]

Cancelled facilities:

Natural gas[edit]

Renewable power stations[edit]

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]

Biomass[edit]

Geothermal[edit]

Hydroelectric[edit]

A Total generating capacity of the 17 turbines at Hoover dam was derated to 1,596 MW in June 2014 due to persistently low water storage levels and projected further declines.[44][45]

Solar photovoltaic[edit]

As of February 2023, there are more than 30 proposed solar projects in Nevada.[57] These have more than 20 GW of solar capacity and 17 GW of battery storage.[77]

Solar thermal[edit]

Wind[edit]

References[edit]

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