Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Marvin Tessneer The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has designated a solar energy zone in Doña Ana County that is expected to support utility companies’ efforts to develop clean renewable energy. The county facility is identified as the Afton Solar Energy Zone, which covers 29,964 acres and has [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer Sapphire Energy is constructing an integrated algal bio-refinery (IABR) to produce green crude oil on a site near Columbus, N.M., in Luna County, the first commercial facility in the country, according to a company newsletter. Sapphire, which is headquartered in San Diego, also operates a [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer The Las Cruces community will connect with renewable energy when NRG Energy starts generating power this fall at its Roadrunner Solar Plant in Santa Teresa. The solar panel plant is being set up on 210 acres of privately owned land, 10 miles west of El [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer Sapphire Energy has started construction on pond structures eight miles west of Columbus, N.M., in Luna County to produce algae for what is known in the industry as green crude, which can be refined into fuel. AMEC, the prime contractor, is putting up structures that [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer Sapphire Energy has developed its West Mesa Industrial Park plant into an algae field research and development center, said Bryn Davis, New Mexico operations manager. The algae “green crude oil” production company is constructing a half-acre greenhouse that will be covered with plastic to allow [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer The NRG Energy Company is planning to use a different power generation system than originally proposed for its Santa Teresa facility. It now plans to use tracking mirrors and photovoltaic panels to convert New Mexico’s ample sunlight into electrical power, a company spokesman reported. Previously, [...]
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