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Guadalupe County goes solar
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Posted by Staci Matlock on January 27, 2010 at 1:07pm in Green energy View Discussions
his just in from Gov. Richardson's office: "Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Spanish renewable energy company GA-Solar will be building one of the largest photovoltaic solar projects in the world in Guadalupe County. GA-Solar and their parent company, Corporación Gestamp, plan to invest $1 billion in New Mexico in the development of this project."
"I believe this unprecedented investment shows that New Mexico has not only become the center of the North American solar industry, but is ready to take its place as a global player in the production of renewable energy," Governor Richardson said. "Building a comprehensive clean energy economy is key to the economic stability and vitality of New Mexico's future."
"GA-Solar's project will be located on 2,500 acres of land in Guadalupe County, which will be developed into a large solar array with the potential to reach upwards of 300MW of installed capacity once completed. It is expected to generate enough energy to power the
equivalent of 50,000 homes for one year."Tags: Guadalupe, Richardson, solar
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Permalink Reply by billp37 on February 15, 2010 at 7:06pm A VP of MorganStanley made a statement to me that solar generation of electricity is a fraud. This was in reference to large-scale generation of electricity. MorganStanley is reported to have lost $24.1 million investing in Albuquerque Eclipse Aviation. MorganStanley may have decided to do some engineering evaluation before investing altenergy techologies? Let's try to find out. Senate Bill 418 was signed into law in March 2007 and added new requirements to the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard, which formerly required utilities to get 10 percent of their electricity needs by 2011 from renewables. Under the new law, regulated electric utilities must have renewables meet 15 percent of their electricity needs by 2015 and 20 percent by 2020. Rural electric cooperatives must have renewable energy for 5 percent of their electricity needs by 2015, increasing to 10 percent by 2020. Renewable energy can come from new hydropower facilities, from fuel cells that are not fossil-fueled, and from biomass, solar, wind, and geothermal resources. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Renewable Energy Rule 572. Looks like monetary opportunity for altenergy scams.
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