Sapphire Energy Building Algae-Based Fuel Plant in NM
Sapphire Energy, Inc. has received $144 million from investors to build a demonstration plant in Luna County, NM for the production of crude oil from algae. Oil from the algae will be refined into...
View ArticleGround Broken for the NM Consortium’s Biological Laboratory in Los Alamos
Gerald Ansell Senator Tom Udall and Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan attended the New Mexico Consortium Inc.’s (NMC) groundbreaking ceremony for LANL’s research and...
View ArticleA Solution at Our Fingertips
Luke Spangenburg In the time it takes most people to read this sentence, the world will have used up about 8,000 barrels of oil—336,000 gallons; at 1,000 barrels per second. The fact is, global...
View ArticleTransmission Line for NM Renewable Energy
Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority and Power Network New Mexico have filed a request with federal regulators to develop a new 200-mile...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Strategy Announced for Wind Development in NM
Diverse groups collaborate to boost industry while protecting wildlife After two years of work, nine leading wind energy companies and seven conservation groups in New Mexico, along with various...
View ArticleThe Southwest’s and the Planet’s Energy Future – Bright or Bleak?
Does the Consumer Really Have a Choice or Not? Gerald B. Ansell I have just listened to/watched yet another Presidential Address apologizing/justifying the ever-increasing gas and oil prices...
View ArticleCalculate Your Home’s Energy Efficiency Today
Tom Wehner, Ph.D. Why wait? Your home’s energy efficiency measure is an important piece of information in your decision on whether to invest in more insulation, air sealing, duct sealing, new...
View ArticleThe Net-Zero-Energy Home: How Does It Work?
Alan Hoffman How is it possible to build a home with little or no annual utility costs at the same price as a conventional home? In 1974 I built my first passive solar home and saved 80 percent on...
View ArticleAffordable Passive Houses Come to Santa Fe
Jonah Stanford The first generation of certified Passive Houses has been completed in Santa Fe. Optimizing the economic advantages of the Passive House approach, these projects establish the cost...
View ArticleGreenBuilt Tour 2012 – Healthy Homes, Healthy Families
June 9-11 in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos Areas The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) New Mexico Chapter and GreenBuilt Tour Committee are hosting the 13th Annual GreenBuilt Tour, June 9-10...
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