NM energy project would link power grid
Updated: Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 3:55 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 3:54 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An ambitious project is under way in New Mexico that would allow energy to flow more freely across the nation's three massive power grids, breaking down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States.
The proposed "Tres Amigas" project in Clovis, N.M., would route energy from isolated wind and solar installations to urban centers and other places that consume the most power.
At a news conference Tuesday, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson called the transmission station "historic" and the first of its kind in the country.
Plans for the superstation show that it will be built over more than 22 square miles in eastern New Mexico near the Texas border. Clovis is near the site where power grids for the East, West, and Texas come closest together.
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