Nellis Solar Power Plant
The Nellis Solar Power Plant is a 14-megawatt photovoltaic power station located within Nellis Air Force Base. The power plant was inaugurated in a ceremony on December 17, 2007, with Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons activating its full operation.Photo: Ballonboy101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Power station
- Description: photovoltaic power station, or solar park
- Also known as: “Nellis Air Force Base Solar Array”
- Address: Nellis Air Force Base, NV 89191
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nellis Air Force Base and Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center.
Nellis Air Force Base
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in "Military Operations Area airspace", associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range. Nellis Air Force Base is situated 2 miles southeast of Nellis Solar Power Plant.
Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center
Hospital
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center is an American military hospital owned and operated by the United States Air Force. It is located on Nellis Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada and is run by the 99th Medical Group. Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center is situated 1 mile south of Nellis Solar Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nellis Air Force Base and Sunrise Manor.
Nellis Air Force Base
Village
Nellis Air Force Base is a city in the United States. It is located in Clark County and the state of Nevada northeast of Las Vegas, 3,300 km west of the country's capital city of Washington, D.C. Nellis Air Force Base is located at an elevation of 576 meters above sea level and has a population of 3,187.
Sunrise Manor
Town
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunrise Manor is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located on the western base of Frenchman Mountain, east of Las Vegas. Sunrise Manor is situated 4 miles south of Nellis Solar Power Plant.
North Las Vegas
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
North Las Vegas in Nevada is a city in its own right within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. With a population in 2019 of 252,000, it's the fourth largest city in the state, and is primarily residential with some industry.
Nellis Solar Power Plant
- Categories: photovoltaic power station and industry
- Location: Clark, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.25805° or 36° 15′ 29″ northLongitude
-115.0537° or 115° 3′ 13″ westInception
October 2007Operator
Solar Star NAFB LLCOpen location code
85867W5W+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 145488710Wikidata ID
Q3305184
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Nellis Solar Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة نيليس للطاقة الشمسية”
- French: “Nellis Solar Power Plant”
- Spanish: “planta de energía solar de la Base Nellis”
- Spanish: “planta solar de la Base Nellis”
- Spanish: “Planta solar de la Base Nellis”
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