Vision Statement

The Clean Energy Rail Center (CERC) is a 1000 acre green energy and manufacturing industrial park located in Northern Nevada with convenient rail and highway links to the western region of the United States. The CERC project features geothermal resources, abundant utility services and large sites which incorporate design and development components that increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs.

Clean Energy Rail Center (CERC) is the leading edge manufacturing site for renewable energy products. CERC is ideal for large scale manufacturing facilities that require large amounts of power and or water, and will benefit from the flexibility and efficiency of convenient rail and truck service.

Located in the Reno/Tahoe area of Northern Nevada, and within an hour of the California border, CERC offers the benefits of a Foreign Trade Zone, convenient interstate highway connections and on-site access to the  intercontinental rail road serviced by both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

One of the unique features of CERC is a geothermal facility which will enable low-cost heating and cooling, provide process heat, and provide a source of redundant power from a renewable energy source. Geothermal heat is provided through a closed loop heat exchange system integrated into one of the on-sitepower plants.

The target users for the CERC project are large-scale manufacturing and processing facilities that will benefit from rail and truck service. The CERC developers will deliver pad ready sites with the grading, utilities and rail spurs in place that are required to develop each site.

Utilities

Nevada’s utility company, NV Energy will provide transmission level and 60KV distribution service to users. The largest power user can expect to have more than sufficient power and the ability to scale. There is built-in redundancy because the transmission line and the 60KV line are separate power lines. Users in CERC will also have the transmission line available to put power into the grid as well.

Municipal water is provided by The City of Fernley from an 18in. line, which will offer 2000gpm flow and 35psi static pressures. There is the ability to add additional municipal capacity based on user requirements. Other potential sources of water include well water and treated wastewater.

There is a geothermal facility on site which will generate a significant amount of power. In conjunction with the geothermal power plant, we will offer re-injection heat to users within CERC through a heat exchanger system from one or more geothermal power plants. There is also the ability for users to add their process heat to the system or to heat and cool their related facilities and manufacturing processing. We also intend to provide geothermal re-injection heat to our 220 acre residential project area for heating and cooling homes.

Natural gas can be provided on site through Southwest Gas Company. The plans call for a 12-inch gas line with 400psi.

The City of Fernley wastewater facility is located about 2 miles away from the CERC project and the facility provides sewer service to the site, and also has the potential to provide treated wastewater directly to users.