The Center, New Mexico
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The Center, officially known as The Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation,[3] is a proposed facility designed to test new technologies, particularly renewable natural energy.[3] It was originally to have been located on about 15 square miles near the town of Hobbs in Lea County, New Mexico[4] it was to have been a city with no permanent population.[3][5] Due to the lack of people, The Center was described as a ghost town, since it will not have permanent residents occupying the facilities located on site.[2][5][6][7][8] Construction was scheduled to start in June 2012, but was cancelled in July 2012.[9][10] Pegasus Global Holdings' decision to build the city arose from their own testing needs.[3][6][11]
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Established | TBA |
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Research type |
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Budget | $1 billion[1][2] |
Field of research | Renewable energy |
Location | between Las Cruces and Deming, New Mexico, United States of America |
Operating agency | Pegasus Global Holdings |
Website | www |
The project appeared to be temporarily halted in 2013;[12] however, a new report in May 2015 reported that Pegasus was resuming planning and building efforts for the project.[13][14] Pegasus plans for the facility to begin its first operations as early as 2018.[2] One of the aimed goals and purposes of the facility besides the development, testing and implementation of cutting-edge technologies is to further and harness the return on investments made in science and technology research.[1]