New Mexico
Estancia Basin Biomass Facility, NM
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Biomass OPPOSITION: Citizens; WildEarth Guardians PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND:The Western Water and Power Production LLC (WWPP) applied for an air quality permit to construct and operate a 35 MW biomass power generation plant to be … Continue reading
ConAgra Ethanol Plant, NM
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Ethanol OPPOSITION: Concerned Citizens for Curry County; NAACP; League of United Latin American Citizens PROSPECTS: Unlikely; project canceled BACKGROUND: ConAgra planned to build an ethanol plant located in Clovis. The plant would have created about 60 high-wage … Continue reading
Taos Wind Farm, NM
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Local Residents; The Cerro San Cristobal Ranch; Cielito Home and Land Owners Association PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: A local Taos banker and his partners at Taos Wind Power proposed to install up to … Continue reading
Desert Rock Energy Project, NM
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, San Juan Citizens Alliance, State of New Mexico PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In 2003, the developers, including the Dine Power Authority, an enterprise of the … Continue reading
SunZia Transmission Line, Central NM to AZ
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Socorro County Board of Commissioners, Friends of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve, Local Residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: The SunZia Southwest Transmission Project is a 460 mile high capacity 500 … Continue reading