Sustainable Places

Opportunity search

Ranked candidates

Development thesis

Archetype

Passive, electrified homes designed for heat, smoke, storms, and grid outages.

GLOBAL / UNITED STATESZOOM 3.2WGS 84

Selected opportunity

Reno-Tahoe, NV39.5296° N · 119.8138° W

Lower fitHigher fit

Screening mode39.5296, -119.8138Evidence snapshot · 24 Aug 2026

Site evidence

Reno-Tahoe, NV

Washoe County · Nevada · United States

82/ 100

3 live 6 modeled 4 assumptions

Suitability profile

Medium-high confidence

Energy resources88

Infrastructure74

Climate resilience69

Policy + incentives86

Screening economics

Techno-economic assessment

Base case

Net present value

$18.4MRisk-adjusted estimate

Internal rate of return

12.6%Unlevered project return

Simple payback

7.8 yrSimple payback

Levelized cost of energy

$74/MWhLevelized energy cost

How this is calculated

Screening outputs use the selected archetype, incentive-adjusted capital cost, annual net cash flow, discount rate, project life, salvage value, and location evidence.

For early site screening only. Not investment, tax, engineering, or legal advice.

Editable assumptions

Capital cost$Annual revenue$Annual operating cost$Eligible incentives$Discount rate%Project lifeyr

Location evidence

Connecting

Solar resource5.8kWh/m²/day · modeled

7-day forecast24°mean high · modeled

PV production1,640kWh/kW/year · modeled

Energy price11.2¢/kWh · cached state avg.

Evidence provenance

Source adapter catalog

liveOpenStreetMap

Basemap and context

Global · Continuously updated

liveNASA POWER

Solar and climate normals

Global · Near real time and climatology

liveOpen-Meteo

Weather forecast

Global · Hourly

liveNREL PVWatts

Solar production model

Global with dataset limits · On request

modeledNREL REopt

Distributed energy optimization

United States first · On request

modeledNREL Annual Technology Baseline

Technology cost and performance assumptions

United States · Annual

cachedUS EIA

Electricity prices and grid operations

United States · Monthly and hourly

cachedIRS Clean Electricity Investment Credit

Federal Section 48E credit and bonus rules

United States · Federal guidance updates

cachedDSIRE

State, local, and utility incentives

United States · Policy updates

modeledNREL Geothermal Data Repository

Geothermal resource evidence

United States first · Dataset releases

modeledNREL WIND Toolkit

Wind resource potential

United States and selected regions · Dataset releases

modeledNREL water power data and tools

Hydropower potential

United States · Dataset releases

cachedFEMA, NOAA, and USGS

Flood, fire, heat, storm, and seismic risk

United States · Varies by source