new mexico Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:16:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 States Competing for Tesla Gigafactory to Build Within Their Borders https://www.greenoptimistic.com/states-competing-tesla-gigafactory-build-within-borders-20140325/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/states-competing-tesla-gigafactory-build-within-borders-20140325/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:15:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46639 Economically speaking, the Tesla Gigafactory promises to be a boon to, not only Tesla Motors, but also to whichever state Tesla Motors ends up building the grand industrial complex. The Tesla Gigafactory’s promised economic benefits, aside from being estimated at some $5 billion to construct and supplying lithium-ion battery packs for some 500,000 electric vehicles […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/states-competing-tesla-gigafactory-build-within-borders-20140325/feed/ 0 46639 New Mexico Reduces Renewable Energy Requirements – More Backwards Thinking https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-mexico-reduces-renewable-energy-requirements-backwards-thinking-20131128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-mexico-reduces-renewable-energy-requirements-backwards-thinking-20131128/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:41:44 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44008 In order to get power producers to do their part in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, federal and many state regulations require a certain percentage minimum of renewable energy sources. New Mexico, for example, uses a credit system to keep track of how much renewable energy power producers are using. Under the law, which was just […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-mexico-reduces-renewable-energy-requirements-backwards-thinking-20131128/feed/ 0 44008 SuperStation: The Superconductor Energy Hub Uniting U.S. Grids https://www.greenoptimistic.com/superstation-the-superconductor-energy-hub-uniting-u-s-grids-20091016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/superstation-the-superconductor-energy-hub-uniting-u-s-grids-20091016/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:14:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4795 New Mexico may become a hub for this kind of energetic interaction, as Clovis is wanted to host the SuperStation, a hub using superconducting cables to link three networks: The Eastern Interconnection, The Western Interconnection and the Texas Interconnection. The 5GW carrying cables will be cooled down to -300°F and thus energy losses through heat will be infinitesimally close to zero.

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