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Sunshine seems a better business bet to Nevada than coal

Scott Tong Mar 20, 2017
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Sunshine seems a better business bet to Nevada than coal

Scott Tong Mar 20, 2017
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Despite the Trump administration’s push for coal and other fossil energy, Nevada just went dramatically in the other way. On the day after it pulled the plug on a coal-fired power plant, it cut the ribbon on a new solar energy farm.

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