Sapphire Develops Research Center

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...

Hatch Solar Project Nearing Completion

One of the largest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems in North America is expected to be online this summer on 39 acres in the Hatch Industrial Park, 7 miles west of the Village of Hatch. The 5-megawatt (MW) system, with 81 solar tracking concentrator panels, is...

Solar Site Construction Underway

Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Marvin Tessneer NRG Energy Inc. has started construction on its Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility near Santa Teresa, the state’s first solar power plant. The New Jersey-based company is building the Roadrunner Solar...

Rail to Expand in Santa Teresa

Project to bring 3,000 construction jobs, 600 operational Article courtesy of Las Cruces Bulletin By Gabriel Vasquez Gov. Susana Martinez returned to Doña Ana County for the first time since being sworn in as governor to announce a rail-expansion project that could...