Renewable Energy Industries of New Mexico

Representatives from across the US renewable energy industry on Wednesday urged members of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure to extend tax incentives for wind, solar and biofuels that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year or next.

In a subcommittee hearing, renewable energy companies called for more long-term stability in government incentives, saying it was crucial for investment.

“Stable policy drivers will cause significantly more investment in wind energy and domestic production will increase,” said Martha Wyrsch, the president of Vestas-American Wind Technology.

via Renewable energy industry urges US Senate to extend tax credits – Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story.

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.

via US solar panel installations hit a record in 3Q of 2011 | The Balance Sheet — Colorado business news — The Denver Post.

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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 11 Native American youth who are being recognized for their work to improve the lives of those around them.

The students will share their stories and attend Thursday’s White House Tribal Nations Conference.

Yepa helped form a recycling group at Jemez. The group educates students at local schools and has put up recycling bins around the pueblo.

Calabaza is a student at Colorado College. She helped bring renewable energy to her hometown of Kewa by working with her advisor and tribal leaders to convert a community windmill into a solar water pumping station.

via 2 NM students to be honored at White House | www.kfoxtv.com.

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 transit hub, Silver Gardens is the Southwest’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum affordable housing development and the first affordable housing project in the nation to sell carbon offsets.

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 of superfund/brownfield sites for renewable energy programs | PV-Tech.

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 places of the surrounding Navajo community.

via Miller-McCune: Navajo Nation Builds Momentum for Renewable Energy | New Energy Economy.

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 (DOC) to determine whether the alleged illegal subsidies and dumping occurred, and, if so the dumping margin and subsidy amount. SolarWorld has asked for tariffs as high as 100%.

via USITC finds Chinese PV imports likely damage US industry – Solar – Renewable energy news – Recharge – wind, solar, biomass, wave/tidal/hydro and geothermal.

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 subsidiary of Cyrq Energy, Inc., in connection with the construction of LDG’s geothermal project in New Mexico.

via Ormat Signs an EPC Contract with Lightning Dock Geothermal HI-01, LLC – MarketWatch.

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 study. The company will reveal more details in about two weeks.

via Pegasus may build mock city in Doña Ana County – Las Cruces Sun-News.