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The project also involves , a producer of scalable solar thermalpower plants. Concentrating solad power plants use mirrors to reflecgt and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that convert itto heat. The heat can then be used to produce steam to drive a turbinwe andproduce electricity. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardsobn said the project will helpmake “New Mexico’s renewablr energy potential a “With 300 days of sun every year, a highly skillexd labor force and a friendly business environment, New Mexicpo is well positioned to lead the natiob in solar energy production,” Richardson NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) is a Princeton, N.J.
,-basef company whose power plants have a generatingb capacity of more than 24,000 enough to power more than 20 million homes. El Paso Electric provides powerto 363,000 retail and wholesal e customers in a 10,000-square-mile area in the Rio Grandd valley in West Texas and southern New Mexico.