Courtesy of Algae Industry Magazine.com Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, to purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin Visible from almost anywhere in the City of Las Cruces, the 1,700-acre Las Cruces West Mesa Industrial Park is located on Interstate 10, eight miles west of Downtown. The city has sold 630 acres in the park, of which more than 275 acres are currently developed. There are 17 [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Sapphire Energy San Diego (November 1, 2012) – Sapphire Energy, a world leader in producing crude oil from algae, and Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), the pioneers of the cross-disciplinary and integrative systems approach to research, today announced a strategic partnership to further the scientific research and development of algae biofuels. Through this [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Alta LeCompte Some 30 industry and government leaders and academics shared their insights at the second annual Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Conference sponsored by the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce Friday, Oct. 5, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. “Our goal was to bring New Mexico’s [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp An agricultural renaissance is taking place in a Columbus, N.M, field that had lain fallow for 40 years. The field, which once grew chile, is now growing a different kind of green. “Green crude” is the nickname Sapphire Energy has given to the end product of [...]
Read MoreLocal algal-fuel producer, Sapphire Energy, is featured in the August Site Selection Energy Report. The report notes that the Senate Finance Committee recommended that the definition of cellulosic biofuel production include algae-based fuel be included in the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012. The article includes a detailed description of Sapphire’s Integrated [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Sapphire Energy, Inc. COLUMBUS, NM – Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based green crude oil production, today announced the first phase of its Green Crude Farm, the world’s first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational. Construction of this first phase, which began on June 1, 2011, was completed [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp Can Las Cruces be the hub of an economically booming high-technology center? The Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance attempted to find answers to that question at its Regional Economic Development Forum Thursday, May 17, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. “If you want to go after [...]
Read MoreBryn Davis, NM Operations & Large Scale Production Development Manager for Sapphire Energy will be the featured speaker for June meeting of the MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Invertix Corporation Invertix Corporation is known throughout Southern New Mexico as a technology innovator and key engineering partner with NMSU’s Physical Sciences Laboratory. This past Thursday, Invertix Corporation raised its public profile by participating as a panelist in the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance’s (MVEDA) annual Regional Economic Development Forum at the Las [...]
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