CX(s) Applied: B5.16State Energy ProgramLocation(s): NVOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 13, 2017
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Railroad Valley Farms Solar Project
CX(s) Applied: B5.16
Fuel Cells Technologies Office
Location(s): NV
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the Nevada State Energy Office to install a solar project at Railroad Valley Farms’ hay farm 30 miles off-grid to reduce their dependency on diesel fuel for irrigation of their land.
The proposed project activities include the installation of a 611 kW solar project to power 2 separate well pumps with battery storage on dedicated farmland in Nye County, NV. Each complete system would consist of a 305.5 kW array of Tier 1 Photovoltaic (PV) modules mounted to a single-axis tracking system. This would be connected via string optimizers to a solar pumping inverter/VFD control unit which would then be connected to a newly-converted 200 kW diesel generator. Electrical service would be provided to this inverter by way of pre-existing underground cable connected to a new inverter-duty electrical pump motor.