Nevada is rich in renewable energy potential (geothermal and wind) but has few fossil energy resources. The Colorado River is a powerful hydroelectric power resource. Nevada's population and total energy consumption are low and the State's economy is not energy intensive. The transportation sector is the leading energy-consuming sector in the State.
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- Nevada has large geothermal resources and is second only to California in the generation of electricity from geothermal energy.
- Though total petroleum consumption is low, Nevada's jet fuel consumption is disproportionately high due in large part to demand from airports in Las Vegas and Reno and from two air bases.
- The State's largest power generating plant, the Mohave Generating Station, which was fueled primarily with coal, was shut down at the end of 2005 for failing to install agreed-upon pollution-control equipment.
- The U.S. Department of Energy plans to build the Nation's first long-term geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, which is located on federally protected land about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.