New Mexico
By Jeanne Roberts on December 15, 2011
Tags: Southwestern Public Service Co., Xcel Energy Inc., USD, Community Solar Program, Cunningham Electric Power Generating Station, Eastern New Mexico University, gas combustion turbine, Hobbs, megawatts (MW), natural gas peaking plant, New Mexico, nitrogen oxide (NOx), NOx Best Available Control Technology (BACT), Roswell, solar photovoltaic (PV), Southwestern Public Service Co. (SPS), steam turbine generator, Xcel Energy Inc., David Martin, Eastern New Mexico University, energy, Mike McLeod, New Mexico, SPS, Texas
Southwestern Public Service Co.
By Jeanne Roberts on November 7, 2011
Tags: Goldman Sachs, United States, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, Cogentrix, Colorado, desert tortoise, fast track solar, Goldman Sachs, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Interior Secretary James Salazar, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, Nevada, New Mexico, public land, public land development, solar projects, Supplement to the Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development (PEIS), Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of the Interior, Utah, utility-scale solar energy, Western land, Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Colorado, Dianne Feinstein, energy, James Salazar, Nevada, New Mexico, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, United States Marine Corps, Utah
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have crafted an addendum to their solar development plan for the Southwestern United States.
By Jeanne Roberts on September 9, 2010
Tags: Cogentrix Solar Services LLC, eSolar, Goldman Sachs, Huffington Post, Sempra, 2005 Energy Policy Act, Abengoa, Acciona, AP, Ausra, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, California, Cogentrix, Colorado, concentrating solar power, congress, CSP, desert tortoise, DOE, eSolar, First Solar, Goldman Sachs, Huffington Post, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Nevada, New Mexico, Sempra, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Harry Reid, solar energy, solar photovoltaic, solar PV, Solargenix, Solon, Sopogy, SunEdison, Tessera, Texas, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, Western water, American Southwest, California, Colorado, Congress, Department of the Interior, Dianne Feinstein, energy, Harry Reid, Ken Salazar, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, U.S., U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, venture capital
On June 29, 2009, a joint announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, and the U.S.
By Jace Shoemaker-... on July 19, 2010
Tags: Public Service Co., USD, Corrales, emergency backup solar power, New Mexico, solar power, solar powered pumping system, USDA, electricity, energy, New Mexico, Paige Foster, Rancho, Terry Brunner, U.S Department of Agriculture
A small village in New Mexico is using the sun in a new light. Corrales is using the power of the sun to help fight fires.
More than US$1.3 million in federal funds will pay for the construction and installation of a new backup solar powered pumping system that provides backup electrical power for pumping water from storage tanks.
By Alison Pruitt on February 23, 2010
Tags: American Wind Energy Association, AWS Truewind LLC, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, United States, American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, AWS Truewind, Denise Bode, Iowa, Kansas Montana, National Renewable Energy Laboratory study, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, NREL, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, U.S. Department of Energy, United States, wind energy, wind power, Wyoming, Congress, Denise Bode, Department of Energy, electricity, energy, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, manufacturing, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, oil, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
A new study by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has revealed that U.S. wind resources are far greater than previously believed.
By Nathanael Baker on January 27, 2010
Tags: Arizona, California, Chandler, Intel, Intel Corporation, Nasdaq:ITNC, New Mexico, Oregon, photovoltaic, rooftop solar, solar enegy, solar panels, solar power
Computer giant, Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC) is starting a company-wide solar initiative in an effort to make its operations more energy efficient.
By Nathanael Baker on January 26, 2010
Tags: Bill Richardson, clean energy economy, energy efficiency, Executive Order, green building, green economy, green jobs, New Mexico, New Mexico Green Jobs Guidebook, renewable energy, renewable energy tax credit, renewable power, solar energy, solar power
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is making good on his promises to develop a clean energy economy in the Land of Enchantment.
Recently Governor Richardson signed an Executive Order outlining a comprehensive plan to create New Mexico's green economy. The Executive Order was based of the recommendations of his Green Jobs Cabinet.
By Harry Tournemille on October 8, 2009
Tags: Switzerland, United States, TRY, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, GEA, geothermal energy, Geothermal Energy Association, geothermal growth, geothermal power, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, renewable energy, report, research, study, United States, Utah, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, California, Candace Lombardi, Colorado, energy, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming
A new report from the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) [pdf] makes a bold claim with big numbers--and we all love big numbers don’t we?
By Alison Pruitt on September 11, 2009
Tags: Enhanced Oil Resources Inc., GreenFire Energy, Arizona, carbon sequestering, CO2-based geothermal power, CO2G, coal power, Enhanced Oil Resources Inc., geothermal energy, goethermal power, GreenFire Energy, New Mexico, St. Johns Dome, TSX-V:EOR, Arizona, Department of Energy, energy, New Mexico
Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. (TSX-V: EOR) is partnering with GreenFire Energy to evaluate the potential for CO2-based geothermal power production in the St. Johns Dome area -- in Arizona and New Mexico.
By Nathanael Baker on August 17, 2009
Tags: algae biofuel, Aquentium Inc., biofuel, carbon emissions, cellulosic biofuel, ethanol, New Mexico, OTC:AQNM, second generation biofuel
This summer algae has very quickly emerged as one the most promising biofuel feedstocks. Today's announcement by Aquentium, Inc. (OTC:AQNM) will only lead to continued growth in the algal fuel sector.
