1. EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY
EPE Renewable Energy
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2. Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch
 2 Vestas wind turbines
 Location: east of Horizon, TX
 On-Line: April 2001
 Capacity:
– 1.32 MW
– 660 kW each turbine
– 438 homes/year
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3. Rio Grande Solar Facilities
• Crystalline Photovoltaic Systems
• Mounting: Fixed-Mounted
• Location: Rio Grande Power Stations
• On-Line: December 2009
• Capacity:
• 64 kWAC
• 139,000 kWh/year per system
• 21 homes/year
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4. Newman Solar Facilities
• Crystalline Photovoltaic Systems
• Mounting: Fixed Mounted
• Location: Newman Power Stations
• On-Line: December 2009
• Capacity:
• 64 kWAC
• 139,000 kWh/year
• 21 homes/year
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5. Wrangler Solar Facility
 Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems
 Mounting: Dual-Axis Tracking
 Location: Wrangler Substation
 On-Line: October 2011
 Capacity:
– 48 kWAC
– 128,000 kWh/year
– 18 homes/year
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6. Stanton Tower Solar Facility
 Mono-Crystalline Photovoltaic Systems
 Mounting: Fixed-Mounted
 Location: Stanton Tower
 On-Line: January 2012
 Capacity:
– 31 kWAC
– 69,000 kWh/year
– 11 homes/year
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7. EPCC Solar Facility
 Poly-Crystalline Photovoltaic Systems
 Mounting: Fixed-Mounted
 Location: EPCC Valle Verde Campus
 On-Line: January 2012
 Capacity:
– 14 kWAC
– 31,000 kWh/year
– 5 homes/year
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8. Camino Real Landfill Project
 Methane harvested from landfill gas
 Located in Camino Real Landfill, Sunland
Park, NM
 Owned by Four Peaks Energy, Inc
 Began operating in 2008
 Capacity:
– 1-3 MW
– 1,190 homes/year
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9. Hatch Solar PPA
• Concentrated Photovoltaic System
• Mounting: Dual-Axis Tracking
• Location: Hatch, NM
• Owner: Nextera Energy
• On-line: July 2011
• Capacity:
• 5 MWAC
• 1,400 Homes/year
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10. Roadrunner Solar PPA
 Thin-Film System
 Mounting: Single-Axis Tracking
 Location: Santa Teresa, NM
 Owner: NRG Energy
 On-line: August 2011
 Capacity:
• 20 MWAC
• 5,600homes/year
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11. SunEdison Las Cruces Solar PPA
 Solar Photovoltaic System
 Mounting: Single-Axis Tracking
 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
 Owner: SunEdison
 On-line: May 2012
 Capacity:
• 12 MWAC
• 3,300 Homes/year Photo Courtesy of SunEdison
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12. SunEdison Chaparral Solar PPA
 Solar Photovoltaic System
 Mounting: Single-Axis Tracking
 Location: Chaparral, New Mexico
 Owner: SunEdison
 On-line: June 2012
 Capacity:
• 10 MWAC
• 2,800 Homes/year
Photo Courtesy of SunEdison
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