The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center plans to supply 700 MW of PV off grid solar to its occupants

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The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center plans to supply 700 MW of PV off grid solar to its occupants.

1. Our objective is to auction off the solar power to our Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRI) occupants and NV Energy, enabling them to buy Green Solar energy, avoid the large NV Energy transmission, distribution, solar and demand fees, thus quadrupling profits compared to most solar farms as the largest known off grid green project.
2. The TRI Center, www.tahoereno.com is the largest industrial park in the world at 167 sq. miles and is a very high-tech center, including the Tesla Giga Factory with the largest proposed building in the western hemisphere, Google Data, Switch Data and Blockchain, with 130 tenants.
3. NV Energy’s markets solar at $.15/KW-hr. and $9.62/KW demand (rate of use) rates and we will produce at $.02/KW-hr.
4. Estimated generation capacity at 2.5 acres/MW is 700 MW and 1,400,000 MW-hr./year. At $1.1M/MW est. build out cost, it is a $770M project, $91M/yr. revenue at $.065/KW-hr.
5. This 1750 relatively flat, dedicated acres in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, is zoned industrial and uniquely neighbors the Switch Data “Citadel Campus the World’s Largest Data Center”, Google’s 1210-acre data center and Tesla’s Giga Factory for a secure, valuable, dependable off grid DC connection. All are Mega Users pledged to 100% green energy.
6. Currently park occupants are charged $.15/KW-hr., or 7.5 times solar generating costs or $.04/KW-hr. extra over standard rates, for www.nvenergy.com/publish/content/dam/nvenergy/brochures_arch/about-nvenergy/rates-regulatory/spp_nv_commrates.pdf NV Energy Rates:

[With fees of $.00365/KW-hr.][Standard $/KW-hr.][Green $/KW-hr.][Demand $/KW]
Summer peak$.110$.151$9.62
Summer mid peak$.074$.116$4.39
Summer off peak$.049$.090
Winter peak$.054$.095$1.24
Winter mid peak$.048$.089$1.23
Winter off peak$.044$.085

 

7. The park residents’ average cost for non-green power during solar power times, adjusted and averaged for solar hours, winter and summer peak and mid-peak rates and periods, we estimate costs on average are $.0653/KW-hr. for what we will replace with solar power. Our solar power at $.065/KW-hr. projects profits at $1,857M or 281% of the $770M unleveraged buildout cost for build and flip. (Excel to follow signed NDA).
8. Switch Data has 1.3M sq. ft. of data center in TRI, consuming 130 MW and is expanding to 17.4 M sq. ft. If Switch Data expands just 33% of intended, or 5.7 million sq. ft., the “Citadel Campus, World’s Largest Data Center”, alone will require all of our 700 MW. www.switch.com/tahoe-reno. 100MW is required for 1M sq. ft of data center. We see Switch and Google as the major competing bidders.
9. Due to the proximity and demand from multiple adjacent data centers that have huge battery backups and Tesla’s need to charge up their manufactured batteries, we intend to also offer medium DC voltages, for large reduced costs for the buyer and seller. With Reno’s cool nights these data centers consume most of their power during solar hours.
10. We can offer a 25-year land lease to the solar farm operators or a profit participation agreement. We will consider all proposals. TRI Center has no state or local government development fees or exactions.
11. TRI with its stellar reputation and political influence offers a unique fast track for all permits; grading permits in 7 days, building permits in 30 days and it is already zoned industrial. Yes, with proper solar resources we could have the site graded, built and open for business within 180 days.
12. The project qualifies for a federal rebate of $.023/KW-hr. = $690,000,000 over 25 years of life.
13. Solar power produces the most during peak high rate hours of the day and year making it much more valuable than wind or other energy sources. TRI has some of the highest solar potential in the US at .5-7KWh/sq.-m/day and 330 sunny days/yr.
14. TRI is the Mecca for huge Data Centers for many reasons: http://www.tahoereno.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DataCenter_LowRes.pdf
15. There is abundant water available and Nevada has ZERO state income, corporate, franchise, inventory, unitary, personal, inheritance or estate taxes with below national average rates for wages, housing and cost of living. This land is owned free and clear and already zoned industrial.
16. US data centers consume 73M-MW-hrs. per year or 2% of all electrical power in the US. At $.06/KW-hr. that is $4,4 billion/yr. Google consumed at a rate of 3,200 MW in 2016 and it is rising very rapidly at 12-fold in 4 yr.
17. Walmart has committed to 50% green energy globally by 2025. They have a neighboring 890,000 sq. ft. of grocery and perishables distribution center with large refrigeration. https://news.walmart.com/2018/10/23/walmart-sunpower-announce-23-megawatt-solar-agreement
18. We see a very strong market demand for the sale of finished solar farms to utilities, Green Energy Funds and retirement funds that require 4% fixed annualized returns. This projects huge profits for a build and flip at over $1,857M on a $770M project at $.065/KW-hr. or $548M profits at $.045/MW-hr. with little to no investment. (Excel sheet to follow signed NDA). I also see financing from Green Energy funds at 4%.

For more information please state your background and intent in a reply to:
Donald Kleine/don.kleine.vortex@gmail.com
619-579-9958
Information herein are preliminary estimates only, with no guarantee of performance.

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