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Mineral County, NV interconnection queue

2 interconnection applications are pending in Mineral County, NV, requesting 738 MW of new generating capacity, as of 15 August 2026. 1 projects have been built here and 6 have been withdrawn since 2005.

Pending applications
2
of 11 ever filed
Capacity queued
738 MW
requested, not committed
Already built
6 MW
1 projects connected
Built vs decided
14.3%
6 withdrawn
Median wait
3.0 yr
for applications still pending
Connected capacity
90 MW
indicator, see note

Source: interconnection queues published by NVE. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.

What is waiting in Mineral County, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar1700 MW
Geothermal138 MW

Outcomes of every application filed here

OutcomeProjectsCapacityShare
Built16 MW9.1%
Still pending2738 MW18.2%
Withdrawn61.9 GW54.5%
Suspended218.2%

Withdrawal is the ordinary outcome of an interconnection application nationally, not a sign of a problem in this county. Most withdrawals are a developer testing a site and moving on.

The largest projects on file

ProjectFuelCapacityStatusFiledQueue
Company QSSolar1.5 GWwithdrawn2024-03NVE
Company LUSolar700 MWactive2021-09NVE
Company LWSolar550 MWsuspended2021-09NVE
Company LXSolar400 MWsuspended2021-09NVE
Withdrawn projectGeothermal150 MWwithdrawn2007-03CAISO
Company KASolar100 MWwithdrawn2019-09NVE
Withdrawn projectGeothermal62 MWwithdrawn2005-02CAISO
25-00391Geothermal38 MWactive2025-07NVE
Withdrawn projectGeothermal27 MWwithdrawn2011-03CAISO
Company HCGeothermal25 MWwithdrawn2016-03NVE
Company GWGeothermal6 MWcompleted2015-09NVE

How this county ranks

Mineral County ranks #495 of 1,607 US counties by capacity currently queued, and #11 of 15 in Nevada.

Other Nevada counties in the queue

CountyPendingCapacity queued
Clark County5715.5 GW
Nye County134.9 GW
Churchill County154.1 GW
Humbolt123.0 GW
Story73.0 GW
Lyon County112.9 GW
Washoe County122.9 GW
Esmerelda92.7 GW

Go deeper on Mineral County

The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.

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