Kiewit Power will engineer and build the $1.2-billion, 690-MW Gemini solar array in Nevada, Primergy Solar, its Oakland, Calif., developer, owner and operator announced recently. Chicago-based IHI Terrasun Solutions will be the integrator for an accompanying 1,416-MWh battery storage plant,
The project will have more than 1.8 million solar modules installed on about 6,500 acres of federal land northeast of Las Vegas, set to produce enough energy to power the city, said Primergy. Maxeon Solar Technologies of Singapore will provide high-efficiency, bifacial solar modules, the developer said.