Techren Solar Project


The Techren Solar Project is a 300 megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant near Boulder City, Nevada was originally founded and developed by SECP and is currently being developed by 174 Power Global, the US subsidiary of the South Korean company, Hanwha Group. Two phases of the project are currently under construction: the 100 MW Techren 1 began in 2017 and the 200 MW Techren 2 began in 2018.

Project details

The project is located on 2,300 acres near the existing 64 MW Nevada Solar One, 150 MW Boulder Solar, and 552 MW Copper Mountain Solar Facilities in the Eldorado Valley. NV Energy intends to purchase the electricity from both facilities, which are eligible for further customer participation under the . As with the Fort Churchill Solar Array and Boulder Solar, Apple Inc. has helped to motivate the project through its participation of its northern Nevada data centers in the program.
Both units are being built to a 1.5 kVdc maximum system voltage standard. This increase from the previous 1.0 kVdc standard enables the inverter to operate at higher efficiency and reliability, and is expected to reduce overall balance of system costs over the lifetime of the facility. Swinerton Renewable Energy is the EPC contractor, and Clenera is providing asset management services. Expected completion is by September 2019.
An additional 100 MW is also in planning for development: the 25 MW Techren 3, the 25 MW Techren 4, and the 50 MW Techren 5.