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New Mexico's four largest electricity providers have partnered to bring the first large-scale, commercial solar generating plant to the state. El Paso Electric, Xcel Energy, PNM, and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association today jointly issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking detailed proposals from solar developers for the construction of a solar parabolic trough generation facility to provide solar electricity to each of the utilities by 2012.
The RFP outlines several requirements that a successful bid would have to meet, which include: (1)The facility must be located within New Mexico, (2) The facility must use parabolic trough technology, (3) Thermal energy storage is encouraged and (4)The facility must be able to deliver between 211,000 and 375,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year (enough to power between 29,000 and 52,000 average New Mexico homes).
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