Sep 30, 2011 | Borderplex Expansions, Partner News
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Samantha Roberts You have to see it to believe it. The research on algae biofuel at Sapphire Energy could change the world, literally. Research and development measures at the compound could lead to replacing millions of...
Aug 12, 2011 | Local Economy, MVEDA Events, MVEDA Reports, Partner News
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger/Sun-News Business Editor LAS CRUCES – Manufacturing is not dead. That was the message Davin Lopez, president and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, gave a breakfast audience...
Jun 24, 2011 | Borderplex Expansions
Article 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...
Mar 18, 2011 | Borderplex Expansions
Article 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...
Nov 20, 2010 | Borderplex Expansions
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin One of the tiniest plants on Earth will soon be swimming all across the dusty desert of New Mexico. That’s a result of New Mexico State University and its newly created Algal Bioenergy Program. The program is a centralized...
