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Western joined the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Oct. 30, 2007, to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new green Research Support Facility. Part of the facility includes a five-acre span of solar panels, called the Mesa Top PV Project.

Under a 20-year service agreement with Western, SunEdision will develop the solar energy system and then sell the electricity to Xcel Energy and to DOE on behalf of NREL. The project should be completed in May 2008 and will produce about 750kW of clean, renewable electric power.

Check out the DOE news release.

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Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman

Golden shovels used in groundbreaking ceremony

Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman

 Shovels stand ready for NREL's groundbreaking ceremony.

Brekaing ground

Signing the agreement

NREL Director Dan Arvizu, left, joins Bodman, Deputy Secretary "Bud" Albright and Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner in breaking ground for NREL's Research Support Facility. 

From left to right: SunEdison CEO Thomas Rainwater, Xcel Energy CEO Richard Kelly, Bodman, Arvizu, and Western Administrator Tim Meeks sign the Mesa Top PV Project agreement.

Signing the agreement
Bodman talks to Arvizu and Meeks during signing.