13
Jan
2012
Two bright-green projects are budding in southern New Mexico
Kevin Robinson-Avila, New Mexico Business Weekly
Two bright-green projects are budding in southern New Mexico.
Joule Unlimited Inc. has broken ground on a 5-acre site in Hobbs to demonstrate newly developed technology that turns sunlight, saline water and carbon dioxide into refinery-ready ethanol and diesel.
Sapphire Energy Inc. broke ground in June on a 300-acre project in Columbus that will extract “green crude” from algae as a substitute for gasoline for ground and air transportation uses.
Both companies have attracted national and international attention because of their cutting-edge approaches to producing renewable fuels. And both chose the New Mexico desert, where bright, sunny skies and plenty ...
