First Solar, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., sold its 50 megawatt Macho Springs Solar Power Plant to Atlanta-based Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy. El Paso Electric, El Paso, Texas, has a 20-year power purchase agreement for all energy generated by the power plant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The power plant, located on approximately 600 acres near Deming, N.M., is said to be the state's largest solar power plant and 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.