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First Solar Sells Macho Springs Solar Project

Published on 26 May 2014
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May 23, 2014 - First Solar, Inc. announced today that it has sold the 50MW AC Macho Springs Solar Power Plant to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy. El Paso Electric has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for all energy generated by the power plant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The power plant, located on approximately 600 acres of State Trust land near Deming, New Mexico, will generate enough clean energy to power approximately 18,000 homes in El Paso Electric's service territory. First Solar developed and constructed the project, working closely with the New Mexico State Land Office and El Paso Electric. The plant will operate on a commercial lease from the State Land Office.

"We are proud of our successful ongoing relationship with Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy," said Tim Rebhorn, Senior Vice President of Business Development for First Solar. "We are pleased to provide another best-in-class PV power plant to the partnership's growing renewable energy portfolio."

This project will displace more than 40,000 metric tons of CO2, the equivalent of taking 7,500 cars off the road, and will displace more than 340,000 metric tons of water consumption annually in southern New Mexico and west Texas.


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