eSolar to Develop CSP Plant in New Mexico
eSolar to Develop CSP Plant in New Mexico
Photo by Abi Skipp
El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to be developed in southern New Mexico by NRG Energy and eSolar.
Expected to be the first commercial-scale solar thermal project in New Mexico when fully operational in the summer of 2011, the project is part of NRG and eSolar's recently announced plans to develop up to 500 MW of solar thermal power in California and across the southwestern US.
Read more at: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/esolar-to-develop-csp-plant-in-new-mexico?cmpid=rss
