Energy

New Mexico Adopts First Clean Fuel Market In Southwest

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Environment Secretary James Kenney

NMED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board has unanimously adopted regulations establishing the Clean Transportation Fuel Program, setting April 1 as the opening date for the Southwest’s first clean fuel market.

Signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in 2024, the Clean Transportation Fuel Program is a market-based initiative that incentivizes and expands access to lower-carbon transportation fuels, including ethanol, biofuels, renewable diesel, renewable natural gas, electricity, and supporting infrastructure. Read More

NMOGA’s Nonprofit Arm Launches Website To Connect Students With Careers In Oil And Gas

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NMOGA News:

SANTA FE — Energizing Our Future New Mexico, the nonprofit arm of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association (NMOGA), today announced the launch of a new online resource designed to help students explore rewarding careers in the state’s energy sector.

The Student Success Pathways website, available at https://pathways.nmoga.org, provides tools, guidance, and connections for students interested in pursuing opportunities in oil and gas and related fields. 

The platform offers:

  • Career Pathways: Detailed information on roles within the energy industry, from engineering and
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Workers Repairing Water Line Break At Meadow & Lejano

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Los Alamos County workers are on the job this morning repairing a water line break at Meadow Lane and Lejano Drive in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

Water flowing from the water line break to the sewer near the entrance to Overlook Park this morning in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen Read More

Senior Research Scientist Dr. Shari Kelley To Speak At Los Alamos Geological Society Meeting Saturday Jan. 24

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Dr. Shari Kelley

LAGS News: 

Los Alamos Geological Society (LAGS) will host its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Los Alamos Christian Church at 92 East Road.

The guest speaker for the evening is Dr. Shari Kelley, presenting her talk: “Geothermal Development in New Mexico: an Update”.

Kelley is a senior research scientist at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, a research division of New Mexico Tech. She served as an expert witness at committee meetings during the New Mexico Legislative session in 2023 and 2024 that led to the passing of House Bill 91, which established Read More

EMNRD To Host Public Forums On State’s First Comprehensive Energy Transition Strategy

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EMNRD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department is launching a series of public forums to gather ideas for developing the state’s first Comprehensive Energy Transition Strategy.

The seven forums will be held at various locations across the state. Each individual forum will focus on how that specific region can contribute to, and benefit from, New Mexico’s transition a clean energy economy. The first forum is scheduled for Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs.

“These public policy forums are a transparent way to get New Mexicans Read More

Op-Ed: Present Scale Of Electrification Unprecedented

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By RICK NEBEL
Los Alamos

This letter is a comment on two of the op-ed pieces that appeared in last week’s Los Alamos Daily Post: Robert Gibson’s article (link) and Paul Gessing’s article (link). Mr. Gibson pointed out that electrification is nothing new. However, the present scale of it is unprecedented. Mr. Gessing pointed this out in his article. He congratulated the governor for getting commitments to bring 3 new AI data centers to New Mexico.

The interesting part is that just 1 of those data centers consumes about 7 GW. I don’t have firm numbers on this, but the present total consumption Read More

Hot Showers On Cold Days Can Feel So Nice … But…

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COUNTY News:

Hot showers on cold days can feel so nice … but… time slips away, and that quick-shower intention becomes a 20…30…40…minute ordeal.

Low-flow shower heads have come a long way from their trickling past.

Some work so well it seems like you could wash an elephant!

The pressure feels great at 1.5 gallons per minute.

And at that pressure, you can enjoy that 20-minute shower and still use less water than a standard bath (40 gallons). Read More

Gibson: Electrification Is Not New

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BY ROBERT GIBSON
Chair
Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities

Electrification is the conversion to electric power of devices or processes that previously used other forms of energy. Today, the term commonly refers to conversions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning hydrocarbon fuels. That is not the only motivation. It may not even be the biggest.

Americans have been electrifying since Edison’s first “grid” in the early 1880s. Electric lights replaced oil lamps and candles. Electric motors replaced muscle power. Electric refrigerators replaced ice boxes. The list is endless. Read More

Jim Ellison Enters Race For Governor Of New Mexico

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Jim Ellison, Jr.

ALBUQUERQUE – James “Jim” F. Ellison, Jr., a former Commissioner of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC), announced this morning his campaign for Governor of New Mexico.

In a statement announcing his candidacy, Ellison highlighted that policies under current Democratic leadership have set the stage for a dramatic increase in electric rates, and articulated his vision for a New Mexico that prioritizes affordability for its citizens and moves the economy forward.

“Over the next 10 years, electric rates will double or triple if our state continues Read More

LANL Co-Design Summer School Trains Next Generation Of Interdisciplinary Scientists

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Julien Loiseau designed the logo for the school himself, including a prickly pear and symbols for each of the main disciplines. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

            • Built as both a training ground and talent pipeline, program prepares students for breadth of computing work

For graduate students interested in high-performance computing, few problems today can be solved in isolation. Modern scientific challenges demand collaboration across disciplines — researchers working together to design software and algorithms that run efficiently on the world’s most powerful machines.

That philosophy Read More