The city extended by six months the deadline for Nevada Test Site Development Corp. to solidify plans for a 33-acre solar energy research center in the city Energy Zone in the Eldorado Valley.

Since 2001, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Foundation project has paid $1 a year to reserve the land and has until Feb. 28 next year to present the city a final plan. The Nevada Test Site Development Corp. is an economic development arm of the UNLV Research Foundation.

Loni Benard, contract officer for UNLV Research Foundation, told the City Council that the Nevada Test Site group has $750,000 to construct the building for UNLV students and visitors and is waiting on an environmental impact study of the land required by the Department of Energy.

The UNLV Center for Energy Research will conduct solar research at the center, and tours for the public.

Source: lasvegassun.com