LAS VEGAS, June 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Wynn Las Vegas marks
a new renewable energy milestone with the start of the commercial
operation of the Wynn Solar Facility on Saturday, June 2. The new 160-acre facility is
now offsetting up to seventy-five percent of the resort's current
peak power requirements, the largest percentage of renewable energy
used by any resort in Las Vegas,
and an industry first for a gaming operator in Nevada. The facility will eventually be used
to power the resort's new meetings and conventions space expansion,
set to open in March 2020, with 100
percent renewable energy, making it one of the most environmentally
conscious planned developments in Las Vegas.
"Nevada is the most dynamic
state for renewable energy development, and the opening of the Wynn
Solar Facility is a watershed moment for the resort industry," said
Erik Hansen, Chief Sustainability
Officer for Wynn Resorts. "The investment in renewable energy and
the integration of energy efficient measures must be a larger part
of the way responsible companies conduct business today. Our solar
facility proves that integrating large-scale energy efficient
measures can be done in a way that benefits the bottom line while
also enhancing the guest experience."
Owned and operated by Enel Green Power
North America, Inc., The Wynn Solar Facility is a standalone
solar photovoltaic project located in Fallon, Nevada adjacent to the existing
award-winning Stillwater hybrid facility, and shares the existing
connection infrastructure with the geothermal-solar hybrid plant.
The Wynn Solar Facility generates up to 27 MWdc of renewable
energy, equivalent to 20 MWac, to power the resort. With this
renewable energy resource offsetting such a sizable percentage of
Wynn's peak power needs, the resort will far exceed requirements
outlined in the Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Combined with the recently installed solar panels covering
103,000 square feet of Wynn's rooftop, enough renewable energy will
be generated to power 5,056 homes and eliminate 33,734 metric tons
of CO2 emissions from the environment annually. Wynn Las Vegas is
committed to increasing sustainable design practices, creating and
sourcing renewable energy, and exceeding LEED Gold Building
Certification standards for projects in Las Vegas as well as Encore Boston Harbor,
currently under construction in Everett,
Massachusetts.
ABOUT WYNN LAS VEGAS
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) is the recipient of more Forbes
Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel
company in the world. Wynn Las Vegas opened on April 28, 2005 and was once again named the best
resort in Nevada on Condé Nast
Traveler's 2018 "Gold List," a title received for the tenth
time. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas feature two luxury hotel towers
with a total of 4,750 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas,
approximately 192,000 square feet of casino space, 21 dining
experiences featuring signature chefs and 11 bars, two
award-winning spas, approximately 290,000 square feet of meeting
and convention space, approximately 110,000 square feet of retail
space as well as three nightclubs, a beach club and recreation and
leisure facilities. In addition to two luxury retail esplanades, a
Strip-front expansion, Wynn Plaza,
is currently under construction and is scheduled to be completed in
2018. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit
wynnpressroom.com, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and
Facebook.
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