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Boulder City, Nevada is best known as the home of Hoover Dam, once the largest hydroelectric power plant in the country. But the rapid expansion of solar power projects is quickly making a name for the city as the first solar-financed town in America.
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Solar Power To Pay Nevada City's Debt, Costs For Decades
Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 1:50 PM EST
Article Source: CleanTechnica - By Silvio Marcacci
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Two of the companies currently developing new solar facilities contributed $8.5 million in upfront payments, and the third contributed $500,000 to build any type of renewable energy project on public buildings. Construction is expected to generate up to 3,000 local jobs, and the city has set aside land for the University of Nevada Las Vegas to build a solar energy technology demonstration site.
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