In March 2019, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 489, the Energy Transition Act, setting a zero-carbon standard for 2050. Through the Energy Transition Act, New Mexico will establish a pathway for a transition away from coal and carbon-based energy. The act also includes workforce training and transition assistance to communities that will be affected by reductions in carbon-based energy.
NMSU is a research-based institution with strengths in 1) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 2) Biomedical Science, 3) Energy, Environment, and Water, 4) Food Production, Safety, Science, and Security, and 5) Transforming STEM Education. Within the focus on energy, NMSU places priority on advancements in clean energy. The Renewable Energy and Thermal Systems Laboratory (REThermS Lab) works toward the development of economic solutions through multidisciplinary research. Their goal is to provide renewable and alternative energy storage, increased transmission capacity for renewables, and to make renewable energy utilization more efficient.
NMSU is also home to i-CREW (Innovation and Commercialization for a Regional Energy Workforce), a U.S. Economic Development Administration-funded project focused on clean energy as an emerging economic opportunity to create and retain jobs, enhance commercialization and innovation, and foster regional connectivity in New Mexico.
Funded in-part through the New Mexico Economic Development
Department's State-Certified Incubator Program
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New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
