Gradient moves HQ to Reno

In Nevada, Gradient Resources, formerly Vulcan Power Company, unveiled a new name and logo at the inauguration of its new corporate headquarters in Reno. Nevada Senator Harry Reid was on hand to thank management for bringing green jobs to the state. The company was founded in Bend, Oregon where its headquarters were based since its inception in 1991. Gradient’s properties cover approximately 170,000 acres of private and federal land. In addition to the new Reno headquarters, the company has six geothermal power projects in advanced development in the state near the towns of Fernley, Fallon, Hawthorne and Lovelock and currently employs a total of 101 in the state. Gradient CEO Craig Mataczynski said his company will bring some 300 MW of geothermal energy and create more than 1,000 construction and drilling jobs and an additional 80 permanent jobs.