Category: News on Members

Solar photovoltaic panel installations hit a national record 449 megawatts in the third quarter of 2011 – a 140 percent jump form the same quarter in 2010, according to a study by GMT Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. … Continue reading →

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A pair of students from two New Mexico pueblos will be honored as “champions of change” during a ceremony at the White House. Emmet Yepa of Jemez Pueblo and Tiffany Calabaza of Kewa Pueblo are among the … Continue reading →

2011 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement | Smart Growth | US EPA.   Silver Gardens Apartments is a 66-unit affordable housing development located on a reclaimed brownfield site in downtown Albuquerque. Situated across the street from the city’s primary … Continue reading →

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields and former landfill or mining sites. via EPA to evaluate use … Continue reading →

This past summer, Dreaming New Mexico and New Energy Economy, two energy-focused organizations at work in the Southwest, installed solar panels on the Crownpoint Chapter House. The building is a forum for local governance and one of the central meeting … Continue reading →

The unanimous USITC preliminary determination escalates the trade fight between the US and China over renewable energy subsidies. The USITC finds that the US industry has likely been “materially injured”. It is still up to the US Department of Commerce … Continue reading →

Ormat Technologies, Inc. ORA -4.32% announced today that on November 22, 2011, Ormat Nevada Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, signed a $65 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract and a credit agreement with Lightning Dock Geothermal HI-01, LLC (LDG), a … Continue reading →

Pegasus CEO Robert Brumley said Friday the company has not made a decision about where it will build the project, but has been in talks with officials in a number of New Mexico cities and is carrying out a feasibility … Continue reading →

The 23-year-old was studying biology at a small college in Pennsylvania when he heard about the wind training program in New Mexico. He enrolled, drawn by the chance to do hands-on work in a brand-new industry. The first time he … Continue reading →