Posts Tagged ‘solar power’
MVEDA Hears About Sunny Future
Article Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News
By the end of the year, California-based eSolar hopes to begin construction on a solar power plant near the Mexican border that will include 500,000 mirrors and is scheduled to provide power to El Paso Electric Co. for 20 years. The plant should be ready by 2012.
That was the news from Jim Shandalov, eSolar’s vice president of business development. Shandalov spoke Friday at the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance annual appreciation luncheon at Hotel Encanto.
“It’s the power tower technology that will take sunlight from the sky,” Shandalov said.
The power plant will use the mirrors to reflect sunlight onto towers where water will be heated and produce steam that will then be used to turn turbines.
More than 100 people were on hand for the luncheon that also featured the unveiling of a new branding campaign for MVEDA. The economic development organization has a new logo and a revamped Web site.
“We do compete nationally and to compete we needed to raise our game,” Davin Lopez, MVEDA president and CEO, said.
The luncheon takes place annually so MVEDA can say “thanks” to its partners in the community
“An Evening With New Mexico” During Solar Power International 2009
Article Courtesy of New Mexico Partnership
As New Mexico rapidly becomes a global leader in pure energy innovation, we continue to draw international attention to the Land of Enchantment. The New Mexico Partnership has taken actions and adopted substantive policy measures to stimulate development of solar power projects throughout the state. Those initiatives as well as an aggressive business recruiting strategy have effectively positioned the state as a focal point for this rapidly emerging industry.
- Governor Bill Richardson
One such strategy was attendance at the Solar Power International 2009 Conference in Anaheim, CA during the week of October 26-30. The NM Partnership staff along with representatives from the Otero County Development Council (OCEDC), Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA), Albuquerque Economic Development (AED), Rio Rancho Economic Development (RREDC) and Eastern New Mexico Economic Development Alliance (ENMEDA) walked the show in order to develop new relationships and revisit previous relationships formed during PV America, Intercooler North America and last year’s Solar Power International conference.
On the evening of October 28th, the NM Partnership hosted “An Evening With New Mexico” at the House of Blues. This solar executive outreach event was generously sponsored by OCEDC, MVEDA, AED, RREDC, ENMEDA, SCHOTT Solar, Emcore Corporation and Sky Fuel, Inc., Taos Ski Valley, the Taos Country Club and Verde Corporate Realty Services. Governor Bill Richardson kicked off the event with a keynote address discussing New Mexico’s continued momentum in forming a renewable energy cluster in New Mexico. Mark Finocchario, President & CEO of Schott Solar and Christopher Larocca, COO of Emcore Corporation spoke on their companies’ experiences and successes in doing business in New Mexico.
More than 200 industry executives and guests showed up to learn more about New Mexico and the event was touted the “Best Social Networking Event” of the conference. Often times the return on investment for these events can be difficult to track. However, the New Mexico Partnership has already had a site visit from a company who attended the event and has seen two projects come out of the trip. We would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a huge success for New Mexico.
