UTILITY TO BE COAL-FREE BY 2016 W/NAT GAS, BIG SOLAR
Texas utility chooses solar, claims it will be ‘coal free’ by 2016
Andy Colthorpe, 16 June 2014 (PV-Tech)
El Paso Electric (EPE) has announced it is ready to meet the new EPA emissions regulations and, through the use of new natural gas and utility scale solar generation like its 50 megawatt Macho Springs and 10 megawatt Newman Solar PV plants, expects to be 100% coal free by 2016…It expects to get 6% of its total generation from solar by the end of 2014…CEO Tom Shockley said the 300 days of sun in the west Texas and southern New Mexico region EPE serves is ideal for drawing on solar energy to generate electricity for its 395,000 customers… click here for more
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