[CPEO-BIF] Chevron builds concentrating photovoltaic plant at Questa, New Mexico mine tailing site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chevron
News Release
April 19, 2011

Chevron Starts Operations of 1 MW CPV Solar Field in Northern New Mexico
Demonstration to evaluate economic viability of emerging  
concentrating solar photovoltaic technology

QUESTA, N.M.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Chevron Mining Inc. (CMI),  
a subsidiary of Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) and sister company Chevron  
Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron U.S.A., announced  
the start of one of the country’s largest concentrating photovoltaic  
solar facilities. The installation, located on the tailing site of  
CMI’s molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico, will demonstrate and  
evaluate an emerging solar technology and a practical use of  
previously impacted land.

“Chevron is one of the first companies in the U.S. to demonstrate CPV  
on this scale. We’re fortunate that we have property in a part of the  
world with a solar resource that is expected to be most conducive to  
this type of technology”
"Chevron is one of the first companies in the U.S. to demonstrate CPV  
on this scale. We’re fortunate that we have property in a part of the  
world with a solar resource that is expected to be most conducive to  
this type of technology," said Des King, CTV president.

Chevron installed concentrating photovoltaic technology that uses  
lenses to collect and focus direct sunlight onto layers of high  
efficiency cells. This technology is expected to work best in areas  
like northern New Mexico that have higher direct solar radiation


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For the entire release, see
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110419006868/en/Chevron/ 
photovoltaic/solar

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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