Sunshine Valley Solar Park
Installed capacity of 100-megawatts of renewable energy
Project overview
Sunshine Valley Solar Park is located in Nye County in southern Nevada. The solar park complements the area’s desert landscape while harnessing the region’s abundant sun.
Economic benefits
Sunshine Valley Solar Park significantly yields payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment.
Paid to local governments
Paid to landowners
Spent locally
Hundreds of construction jobs and several permanent jobs have been created
Renewable energy technology
Energy security
Sunshine Valley Solar helps strengthen energy security for the state of Nevada and the United States, helping diversify domestic supply.
Infrastructure
Sunshine Valley Solar Park consists of more than one million solar photovoltaic panels.
Solar energy in the U.S.
In the first three quarters of 2023, solar energy comprised of 48% of all new generating capacity.
Environmental benefits
177 million gallons of water saved each year
Sunshine Valley Solar Park saves more than 177 million gallons of water each year and will displace carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants, a major contributor to climate change. Solar energy also enhances air quality by helping to mitigate the health effects of harmful air pollutants.
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