Thursday, January 16, 2014

New Mexico Unveils 10 MW Geothermal Eletrical Plant

Cyrq Energy Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its geothermal power plant, the first of its kind in New Mexico.

The company provided tours of the $43 million plant to state officials, local residents and students. Gov. Susana Martinez had been scheduled to attend the open house but remained in Roswell in the wake of Tuesday’s middle school shooting.

The governor has promoted the project as a way for the state to diversify its renewable energy resources and meet sustainability goals.

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The plant is currently supplying four megawatts of electricity to Public Service of New Mexico and is under contract to ramp up to 10 megawatts later this year.

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