EnergyTrends.org : Comparing State Energy Patterns : Nevada

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Renewable Energy Generation¹	Net Generation (GWH) 4.444 Rank: 17	Score: 5
Growth in Renewable Energy Generation²	35%	Score: 10
Incremental Electric Savings	2009 Total Incremental Electricity Savings (MWH) 438,622 Electricity Sales Savings: 1.28%	Score: 14
Major State Incentive Programs		Score: 7
Third Party Expert Evaluations	Ernst & Young Renewable Energy Attractiveness Indices SolarPowerRocks.com ACEEE State Energy Efficiency Scorecard	Score: 3 Score: 3 Score: 3
Bonus Points	Net Metering	Score: 3
	TOTAL	48 POINTS

Fallon, Nevada houses the world's first geothermal-solar power plant, named Stillwater, which utilizes new technologies for a combined capacity to power more than 50,000 homes.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has turned on a 50-megawatt solar energy plant near Las Vegas, Nevada, the first large-scale solar energy facility on U.S. public lands.
Silver State North is a 50-megawatt plant located 40 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada, that will use photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate enough power for about 9,000 Nevada homes.
The 48 MW Copper Mountain Solar Facility in Boulder City is the largest photovoltaic power plant in North America.

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ENERGY CONSUMPTION	TOTAL (Trillion Btu)			PER CAPITA (Million Btu)			STATE RANK⁴	PERCENT CHANGE⁵
	2003	2007	2010	2003	2007	2010
BY SOURCE
Total Energy	653	777	646	292	303	239	40	-18%
Total Petroleum	242	294	246	108	114	91	45	-16%
Motor Gasoline	130	148	137	58	58	51	41	-13%
Natural Gas	190	264	268	85	103	99	13	17%
Coal	183	83	80	82	32	30	36	-64%
BY END-USE SECTOR
Residential	152	183	152	68	71	56	48	-17%
Commercial (includes gov't)	117	134	115	52	52	43	48	-18%
Industrial	170	201	168	76	78	62	34	-18%
Transportation	215	259	211	96	101	78	39	-19%

ELECTRICITY	TOTAL (GWH)			PER CAPITA (KWH)			STATE RANK⁴	PERCENT CHANGE⁵
	2003	2007	2010	2003	2007	2010
GENERATED BY SOURCE
Petroleum	17	11	11	8	4	4	48	-46%
Natural Gas	13,253	22,263	23,688	5,925	8,670	8,772	4	48%
Coal	17,086	7,091	6,997	7,638	2,762	2,591	36	-66%
Nuclear	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hydroelectric	1,757	2,003	2,157	785	780	799	18	2%
Solar	-	44	217	-	17	80	1	-
Wind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTAL SPENT⁶	31,651	33,013	35,184	14,149	12,225	13,028	30	7%

^¹2010.
^²2007-2010. ³ Source: US Energy Information Administration.
⁴ By most energy consumed, generated, or spent per capita in most recent year available.
⁵ Percent change (per capita) from 2007 to the most recent year in which data is available.
⁶ Electricity used in-state, plus transmission and distribution losses. (Spent = Disposition)