The Mountain View Solar Energy Project is a 20 MW solar
photovoltaic power plant located in the Mountain View Industrial Park near
North Las Vegas in
Clark County, Nevada
Clark County is located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461. Most of the county population resides in the Las Vegas Census County Divisions, which hold 1,771,945 people as of the 2010 Census, acros ...
. All power generated by the nearly 84,000 modules is sold to
NV Energy
NV Energy is a public utility which generates, transmits and distributes electric service in northern and southern Nevada, including the Las Vegas Valley, and provides natural gas service in the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area of northern Nevada ...
via a
power purchase agreement
A power purchase agreement (PPA), or electricity power agreement, is a contract between two parties, one which generates electricity (the seller) and one which is looking to purchase electricity (the buyer). The PPA defines all of the commercial te ...
. The plant is operated by Mountain View Solar, a subsidiary of
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER) is a wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. NEER is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy (), a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.
NextEra ...
See also
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Solar power in Nevada
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List of power stations in Nevada
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. The cor ...
References
External links
NextEra Energy Resources Fact Sheet: Mountain View Solar Energy CenterNV Energy Renewable Energy 2015
{{Solar power in the United States
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Buildings and structures in Clark County, Nevada
Solar power stations in Nevada
NextEra Energy