Solar thermal energy is used to raise the temperature of the geothermal fluid, which increases the efficiency and amount of generation from the geothermal plant. Almost all of the rest of Nevada's renewable generation comes from its hydroelectric power plants, primarily Hoover Dam, the state's third-largest power plant by capacity and fifth-largest by generation. The dam is operated by the U.
Bureau of Reclamation and supplies electricity to Nevada, Arizona, and California. It is a National Historic Landmark. Nevada's wind power potential is widely scattered across the state. The megawatt wind farm is the only wind project online in the state. No new utility-scale wind projects were proposed as of Nevada does not have any significant crude oil reserves and has only a small amount of production.
The first commercial crude oil discovery was made in , but the second did not occur until Although a few small fields were discovered after that, most of the state's production occurred after the discovery of the Grant Canyon Field in It can process about 2, barrels of crude oil per calendar day and produces only asphalt and road oil. Additionally, motor gasoline sold during the summer in Washoe County, including the Reno area, is a reduced volatility blend that lowers the emissions that contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone.
On a per capita basis, Nevada is among the lowest one-fifth of petroleum-consuming states. Nevada has no significant natural gas reserves and only a limited amount of natural gas production. Bonus question: What's the worldwide consumption of electrical power at any given moment? Of course, not all of the casinos in Vegas are on the strip, but on the other hand the strip has more on it than just casinos.
That's the output of a large coal plant or medium nuclear plant. That number could be off by a factor of 10 and the Vegas strip would still use far more power than Disney World. As to your bonus question: about 2 TW of the 15 TW of energy consumed worldwide is electrical energy. So something like two million times the electricity consumption of the Vegas strip.
Since most of the tourist spaces in Vegas are indoors and are air conditioned and heating and cooling devour huge amounts of electricity, I'm not sure it's a surprise that Disney World uses far less electricity than the Vegas strip. It's going to be real hard to figure out where the numbers you're looking at came from, but if the Disney world numbers don't include surrounding hotel spaces and the Vegas numbers do include hotel space that is part and parcel with the casinos, the question should be what is Disney doing to suck down so much juice?
Your conspiracy theory about keeping the body of Walt Disney in liquid nitrogen go here. As of , the amount of power consumed since that time is equivalent to the electricity used annually by 1, average-sized homes. World View. More From Reference. The estimated time of restoration is unknown at this time. We could not submit your outage report. Contact Us. Sign In. Account Services. Save Energy. About NV Energy. Clean Energy. Privacy Policy. Have Feedback for Us?
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