N.M. Attracts Solar Manufacturing Plant

Mar 04, 2008 By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , Associated Press Writer
N.M. Attracts Solar Manufacturing Plant (AP)
Gov. Bill Richardson, left, and Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez help break ground on Schott AG's solar equipment manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, N.M. on Monday, March 3, 2008. State and local officials are hoping the venture will spur more economic development in New Mexico and help the state become a leader in the renewable energy industry. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

(AP) -- An international manufacturer of solar energy equipment plans to turn a plot of desert real estate into its North American hub for production, giving New Mexico officials hope that the state can become a player in the renewable energy industry.



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Wow this is kind of exciting. With this news today it culminates my newest experiment into solar energy. It should go active tomorrow after I do some finishing touches on it. I might have created the world's first Solar Heated Duplex Birdhouse. No kidding. It might even be too hot for our fine feathered friends but it will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that this idea works. No it isn't my own idea but I utilized it to warm up a duplex apartment birdhouse. No electric and no moving parts. Solar energy is the future and I do these things to entice science school teachers to use them in their science classes. Judging only by sticking a finger into the bird's entry door, it felt too warm to be comfortable. Tomorrow I will add the testing instruments. So New Mexico gets a real great producer of solar cells for direct conversion into electricity. That is great. Good luck to the company and its workers and the state.

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