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The August 14-15, 2006 NSWEP Program Review materials are now available online. Visit Publications to view and download the program review presentations.

Nevada State Office of Energy

The State of Nevada stands poised to become a leader among states in renewable energy development and implementation. The Nevada Southwest Energy Partnership (NSWEP) has made great progress to advance and foster renewable energy research, development, and project deployment for solar, geothermal, wind and hydrogen renewable technologies in the American Southwest. The guiding principle of NSWEP is to help establish and strengthen working partnerships among the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Nevada and Southwest universities, private industry, public utilities and other energy delivery organizations.

NSWEP's extensive knowledge base can assist the rapidly growing state in meeting or exceeding its own renewable portfolio standard of at least 20% of Nevada's electricity from renewable sources by 2015. Additionally, the intent of NSWEP is to promote renewable energy and development and deployment as well as transmission and distribution activities in Nevada and the Southwest.

NSWEP is a partnership with NREL, the Nevada State Office of Energy, the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the University of Nevada—Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada—Reno (UNR). Together, these groups are developing a unified voice to implement a cohesive renewable energy plan for the state of Nevada.

The opportunities for renewable energy technologies in Nevada are exciting and challenging. To meet these energy challenges and enable a new energy future for the American Southwest, NSWEP has established a network of three Nevada Renewable Energy Centers (RECs) based at DRI, UNLV and UNR. We invite you to browse the REC sites and learn more about the renewable energy research and community outreach taking place at each REC.

Part of the overarching goal of NSWEP—through robust local and industry partnerships—is to carry out R&D in a wide range of renewable technologies. REC technical projects in the areas of buildings, geothermal, hydrogen, solar and wind are advancing renewable energy science every day.