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02-04-2010 Vidler Water Company plans huge solar energy project north of Reno






Vidler Water Company plans huge solar energy project north of Reno

By Dave Morgan
Reprinted with permission courtesy of News Carson City


Vidler Water Company, based in Carson City, is proposing to build a huge solar energy project at its Fish Springs Ranch 40 miles north of Reno. If Washoe County planners and the County Commission approve  it, it would be the largest "solar farm" in the country, producing enough energy to power over 20,000 homes.  Vidler said it would build the solar farm in stages, the first one productiong 20 megawatts of power, enough to power 4,000 homes. Construction of phase one would begin in 2011 with additional phases running out 15 years.

Vidler bought the Fish Springs Ranch in 2000 hoping to send its large underground water supply to meet the "then fast growing" housing market north of Reno. However, the recession and other factors have all but stopped it. Vidler President Dorothy Timian-Palmer says they are hoping the income from power sales from the solar farm will help them gain-back their investment in the ranch.  Vidler expects to sell much of its power to NV Energy which is required by law to obtain 20% of its total power from renewable resources by 2015, and 25% by 2025.

There is also an interest in using Vidler's project to spark development of a solar panel manufacturing plant in the Stead area.  A Vidler official said Stead has a lot of room for manufacturing and Vidler has alot of water to sell coming down that long-neglected pipeline from Fish Springs.

   
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