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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Monday final decisions taken approval of NV Energy and Arevia Power’s $2.3 billion 700 MW solar plus 700 MW/2.8 GWh battery storage Greenlink West transmission project Libra Solar Project.

The two projects “unlock” 4.7 GW of renewable energy in Nevada, the BLM said. The BLM’s “efficient” environmental reviews of the two projects began last year, the agency said, noting that the Biden administration has been working to accelerate the federal permitting process.

Las Vegas-based Arevia Power plans to sell output from its Libra project in Mineral County, Nevada, to NV Energy under a 25-year contract. The project, on about 5,200 acres of BLM land, is expected to come online on Dec. 1, 2027.

According to the utility, NV Energy is paying $34.97/MWh for energy and portfolio credits with no price increases over the life of the contract. integrated resource plan which is reviewed by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. The capacity price for the storage portion of the electric purchase agreement is $13,350/MW-month with no increase for 20 years and no charge for the remaining five years of the contract.

NV Energy told the PUC that the average energy costs for the contract, including grid upgrade costs, are $93.69/MWh.

The 525 kV of NV Energy Greenlink West project will run approximately 350 miles from Las Vegas to Yerington in Western Nevada near Lake Tahoe. NV Energy expects to begin construction on the project early next year and have it in service in May 2027.

The BLM also opened a comment period Monday for NV Energy’s proposed 525-kV Greenlink North transmission project draft amendment to the resource management plan and environmental impact statement. The transmission line will run from Yerington to Ely, Nevada.

The agency opened a similar comment period for EDF Renewables North America’s 300-MW Bonanza solar project about 30 miles northwest of Las Vegas, which the company plans to pair with 195 MW of four-hour battery storage. It expects to have the project online in late 2027.