Virgil's Corner

Sunshine & Nevada

According to the No. Nevada Business Weekly July 30, 2007 issue acticle by Rob Sabo, "Business Builders see growth, expansions" , paragraph 3, "With the US Department of Energy ranking Nevada first in solar resources with 250 sun days per year, and second in production of geothermal power, the state is will posistioned for explosive growth in clean energy resources.  Nevada currently has 15 existing geothermal plants, 13 of which are in Greater Reno-Tahoe. "

This is great news for Reno/Sparks area.  This means we could be on the forfront of business's going "green".

PetSmart & Reno

from the RGJ posted on July 8, 2007 by Susan Voyles

Thousands of fish from around the world will be raised in PetSmart's new distribution center at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

Petsmart's 900,000 square foot building - equivalent to 16 football fields - is the latest in a line of new companies building or expected to move to the industrial center.

To read more visit the Reno Gazette Journal at www.rgj.com

ENERGY PLANT

A Canadian company is looking at Pershing County as potential site for a coal-fired power plant.

The plant would use 10,000 acre-feet of water per year, says County Commissioner Dairn Bloyed, who heard Lorne Bradley, president of Railex Power & Energy Group, present plans to the Pershing County board of commissioners earlier this month.

Railex, based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, bought a substanial amount of land near the old mining town of Oreana, says Bloyed.

Railex would need to bring a rail spur to Oreana back from the Union Pacific tracks at Interstate 80, he adds, because it would need to deliver up to 140 rail cars of coal at a time.

the company is negotiating with area farmers for water rights, says Bloyed.

"But it's very preliminary.  It could be years down the road."  while the board was initially receptive, he adds, it will want to see the state enviromental impact report before making a decision.

This article came from Northern Nevada Business Weekly, June 25th 2007 issure, written by NNBW staff.