At the start of this year, we met with one of our partners, Interwest Energy Alliance (Interwest). If you’re not familiar with Interwest, they are a leading regional driver for the responsible expansion of renewable energy in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Rikki Seguin, Interwest’s Executive Director, spoke with our team about how renewable energy expansion fared last year during the pandemic.
Our partner, the Estancia Valley Economic Development Association (EVEDA), is an organization dedicated to improving the area’s quality of life through building jobs that generate disposable income and tax revenue.
Schools are some of the biggest beneficiaries of local tax revenue. Adding renewable energy to local economies can help schools everywhere but especially those in the communities it is established in. Investing in our students is crucial to building a strong foundation of innovators in New Mexico, and we hope to see further diversification of our economy to help efforts like those made by the Albuquerque Charter Academy in ensuring their students and educators have all the tools they need to be successful.
We are honored to launch this series with an interview with our partner, the Santa Fe Green Chamber of Commerce (SFGCC). SFGCC has been a longtime force for social equity and environmental preservation, growing Santa Fe’s economic prosperity. This past year they have been focused on providing resources for small local businesses and working to implement a water conservation program for restaurants. SFGCC has worked to grow that list of participants for this program and faced difficulties because of concern over new and changing COVID-19 regulations.
Right now, there are efforts to pass a tax on energy generated from renewable sources – specifically for that generated from wind energy. At such early stages of development, such a tax would be lethal to the recovery of our communities.
ReNew Mexico is honored to serve as presenting sponsor for the 2020 Energy Outlook Table of Experts, as leaders from across our state came together, if only virtually, to share positive news about New Mexico’s potential, and successful energy future.
Right now, there are efforts to pass a tax on energy generated from renewable sources – specifically for that generated from wind energy. At such early stages of development, such a tax would be lethal to the recovery of our communities.
The Village of Los Lunas set up a Poly-gen Vertical Solar System, this system is a tower that stacks panels vertically around a pole, includes a small wind turbine at the top to produce back up energy when the sun isn’t shining, and back-up battery storage to supply electricity 24/7.
(Last month) was Hispanic Heritage Month. We began the month by honoring the anniversary of seven Latin American countries earning their independence and ending the month on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
One wind project in development is the Oso Grande wind farm just southeast of Roswell. The wind farm will be capable of powering about 100,000 homes with clean, carbon-free energy at the completion of construction.
