Courtesy of Energy Business Review El Paso Electric Company (EPE) and SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, have inaugurated a 12MW solar power plant in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US. Spread over 140 acres, the new Las Cruces Centennial Solar Farm, which was activated in May, is located near Las Cruces International Airport. The [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson The company looking at creating a $1 billion “ghost town” for real-world testing of new technology is expected to make its decision by early May to either build near Las Cruces or Hobbs. Pegasus Global Holdings is proposing to build what it’s calling Center [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Janet Perez, 575-646-4120, perezjm@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Steve Hottman, 575-646-9202, shottman@psl.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University is building a stellar international reputation for its work on unmanned aircraft systems, a fact reflected in the continually growing success of its annual UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center) Conference. [...]
Read MoreIt is with a great deal of excitement that I present to you MVEDA’s First Quarter results of the 2011-’12 Fiscal Year. It seemed it would be very difficult to match the performance level and results of our last fiscal year, one of MVEDA’s best years ever. In the last fiscal year we experienced our [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Mark Cramer, 575-646-1957, mwcramer@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Steve Hottman, 575-646-9202, shottman@psl.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University on Sept. 30 announced that its Physical Science Laboratory is partnering with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in developing and testing DARPA’s Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle program. The Vulture II Program, a [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Todd G. Dickson Armadillo Aerospace – which has been the leader in developing rocket technology for vehicles to take off and land vertically – will be conducting three NASA-funded tests this winter at Spaceport America. Programmer John Carmack, who made his fortune creating computer games such as [...]
Read MoreThe City of Las Cruces Public Works Department and URS Corporation will hold a public meeting for the Jackrabbit Interchange (I-10/US 70) Study Project on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at the Picacho Middle School, W. Picacho and N. Motel Blvd. Study Team members will provide project information and results of [...]
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