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50MW Power Purchase Agreement Approved for Largest Solar Power Plant in New Mexico

First Solar has been granted power purchase agreement for proposed Macho Springs facility

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. and New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced that First Solar, Inc. has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission, clearing the way for First Solar to begin construction on the state’s largest solar power plant to be located on State Trust Land in Luna County. The PPA will provide El Paso Electric Power with 50MW of solar energy for 25 years. “This 50 megawatt solar power project will provide abo...

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