SOLAR - Thin-Film Solar Power To Be Sold For Less Than Coal Power

According to a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between El Paso Electric Company and First Solar, electricity will be sold from First Solar's thin-film solar panels to El Paso Electric Company for 5.8 cents per kWh.A First Solar installation of some of its CdTe panels.The name of the power plant is Macho Springs Solar Park. It is located in New Mexico, and it has an electricity generation capacity of 50 MW.The highly unusual thing about this is ...

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