The National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the USDA Forest Service governmental agencies in southern Nevada have collaborated with the Center for Energy Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to explore the feasibility of becoming energy neutral by 2010. The three federal agencies have set a goal to offset their combined annual energy demand (currently supplied by local utility companies) with an equal amount of power produced by renewable energy sources. The study results indicate that the three federal agencies above consume just over 3,000 megawatt-hours of electrical energy per year in and around the Las Vegas Valley. Upon researching various types of renewable energy, it was determined that wind, geothermal, and biomass technologies either failed to have sufficient resources available in southern Nevada or conflicted with the resource management philosophies of the federal agencies. Solar energy is the most abundant feasible source of renewable energy within the study area, and it was determined that a 1.5 megawatt fixed photovoltaic (PV) system is best suited for this project.
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ASME 2008 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences
August 10–14, 2008
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Advanced Energy Systems Division and Solar Energy Division
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978-0-7918-4320-8
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Renewable Energy for Federal Land Management Agencies in Southern Nevada Available to Purchase
Todd France,
Todd France
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Eric Wiemers,
Eric Wiemers
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Stephen E. Butterworth,
Stephen E. Butterworth
National Park Service, WA
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Yahia Baghzouz,
Yahia Baghzouz
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Robert F. Boehm
Robert F. Boehm
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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Todd France
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Eric Wiemers
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Stephen E. Butterworth
National Park Service, WA
Yahia Baghzouz
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Robert F. Boehm
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Paper No:
ES2008-54230, pp. 729-737; 9 pages
Published Online:
June 22, 2009
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France, T, Wiemers, E, Butterworth, SE, Baghzouz, Y, & Boehm, RF. "Renewable Energy for Federal Land Management Agencies in Southern Nevada." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences. ASME 2008 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2. Jacksonville, Florida, USA. August 10–14, 2008. pp. 729-737. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2008-54230
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