{"id":873,"date":"2005-03-09T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-09T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/03\/09\/tapping-the-sun-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2005-03-09T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-09T16:35:00","slug":"tapping-the-sun-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/tapping-the-sun-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapping the Sun in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a former 6-year resident of Las Vegas, I can testify to one absolute truth: the sun always<\/em> shines (and, OK, the house always wins…). The Las Vegas Valley Water District and Nevada Power Company are on track to take advantage of that truth<\/a> by constructing a 3.1 MW solar power project. The finished structure will also provide covered parking for up to 200 cars, which addresses another fact of Vegas life: a car steering wheel during the summer can literally remove skin after sitting for relatively short periods of time. Via RenewableEnergyAccess.com.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: solar power<\/a>, Las Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a former 6-year resident of Las Vegas, I can testify to one absolute truth: the sun always shines (and, OK, the house always wins…). The Las Vegas Valley Water [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n