The plant, owned by San Diego-based energy company Sempra, was built in late 2010 at a cost of $141 million. Funding included $42 million in federal-government tax credits and $12 million in tax-rebate commitments from the state of Nevada.
Construction of the plant involved over 300 part-time jobs, but currently only five full-time employees operate the plant, a Sempra spokeswoman confirmed. That comes out to $10.8 million in tax-dollar subsidies per employee.
Solar 1 is the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the country and is regarded as a “revenue generator” by Sempra. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Boulder City expects to receive over $60 million in lease revenue from the plant.
Boulder City Manager Vicki Mayes, however, told Nevada Journal the $60 million was "highly inaccurate" and that the total lease revenue will be "much less."Increasing green-energy production has been one of President Obama’s main goals since he took office. Politicians such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and officials including Secretary of Energy Steven Chu have zealously encouraged green-energy subsidies in Nevada.
http://www.writeonnevada.com/2012/03/obama-to-tout-green-energy-investments.html
Hmm, 5 full time jobs? And that is supposed to be a cure for our unemployment woes in Nevada.
Crybaby/Coward Harry Reid personally killed a couple of coal power plants in Northern Nevada that would have cost about $1 Billion to build and would have employed 200 workers full time at each plant.
So, which project helps the economy better, coal or solar? Clearly, coal fired plants. But Obama/Reid just do not care about employment, they only care about the Green agenda and the hell with workers, especially union workers.
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