If the proposed contract wins approval by Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission, the facility would be constructed in 2015.
It will be the second major solar installation located at Nellis - SunPower completed a 14.2MW (DC) solar power system at the base in 2007.
The US Air Force, Army and Navy have each committed to procuring and producing 1GW of renewable energy at their permanent installations (and/or on 65,000sq km of military land opened up for development).
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