Energy

Plug Pulled On Carbon Free Power Project

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By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

After years of effort to bring the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) into fruition, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporation announced last week that the project’s plug was pulled.

Los Alamos County joined the CFPP back in 2018.

“Despite significant efforts by both parties to advance the CFPP, it appears unlikely that the project will have enough subscriptions to continue toward deployment,” Los Alamos County stated in a press release.

In January, it was reported that 28 of the 46 UAMPS Read More

Quantum Dot Leader UbiQD Unveils UbiGro® Cover To Enhance Greenhouse Productivity

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UbiGro Cover installed on a farm in New York. Courtesy/UbiQD

UbiQD News:

  • UbiQD is transforming greenhouse agriculture with Nobel Prize-winning quantum dot technology

UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, is today announcing a major step forward for sustainable agriculture. UbiGro Cover is the next evolution in optimizing greenhouse productivity. Expanding on the widely adopted UbiGro Inner—which has revolutionized hundreds of greenhouse spaces worldwide—UbiGro Cover is the latest addition to the greenhouse brand.

UbiGro Read More

U.S. Department Of The Interior Announces $18.24B In Fiscal Year 2023 Energy Revenue Including $2.9B For New Mexico

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DOI News:

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced the disbursement of $18.24 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2023 from energy production on federal and Tribal lands and federal offshore areas.

U.S. energy production under President Biden’s leadership has reached an all-time high on both public and private lands throughout the nation.

The disbursements provide funds for states and Tribes to pursue a variety of conservation and natural resource goals, including irrigation and hydropower projects, historic Read More

UAMPS & NuScale Agree To Terminate CFPP

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COUNTY News:

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale) (NYSE: SMR) announced on Wednesday that they have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP).

Despite significant efforts by both parties to advance the CFPP, it appears unlikely that the project will have enough subscription to continue toward deployment. Therefore, UAMPS and NuScale have mutually determined that ending the project is the most prudent decision for both parties. 

The CFPP was a prospective nuclear generating facility, which was to be developed, Read More

New Mexico Governor To Lead Clean Hydrogen Trade Mission To Australia

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

From the Office of the Governor:

SYDNEY, Australia – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is leading a business and trade mission today to Australia on Sunday to participate in the Asia Pacific Hydrogen 2023 Summit and meet with manufacturing companies interested in expanding to New Mexico.

The governor will make an economic development announcement around clean hydrogen during the mission. During the summit, she will speak Oct. 26 on a panel titled “Regional Collaboration & Trade from Asia-Pacific to the World”. The governor will also meet with several Australian Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug Named 2023 American Geophysical Union Fellow

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug joins the prestigious AGU fellow group. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals.

She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma physics in the solar wind and magnetosphere.

“Ruth’s research has played a major role in the understanding Read More

Spine-tingling Science Is The Treat At The 2023 High-Tech Halloween Friday Oct. 27 At Bradbury Science Museum

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Scenes from a previous High-Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The Bradbury Science Museum is offering something a little different this season with hands-on STEM education fun for the whole family at High-Tech Halloween, 4-6 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 27, at the museum at 1450 Central Ave.

The Northern New Mexico community is invited, costumes are encouraged and activities are both eerie and educational. High-Tech Halloween is part of Los Alamos’s annual Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet. Both events are free.

Also in October, the Bradbury’s auditorium is Read More

New Mexico Governor Announces Plan For EV Tax Credits

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The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Post file photo

From the Office of the Governor:

  • Issues executive order transitioning state fleet to ZEVs by 2035 

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced today her intention to pursue tax credits for electric vehicles during the upcoming legislative session.

The governor made the announcement during her Symposium on the Future of Transportation in New Mexico. In addition, the governor signed today an executive order directing the state fleet to transition to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035.

“The fact of the matter is that consumers and dealers Read More

LANL Researchers Yu Seung Kim, Rodman Linn, Kirsten Taylor-McCabe Awarded 2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

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2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prize recipients from left, Yu Seung Kim, Rodman Linn and Kirsten Taylor-McCabe. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Kim, Linn lauded for research; McCabe honored for leadership

Three Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers have received 2023 Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Yu Seung Kim and Rodman Linn received the Fellows’ Prize for research and Kirsten Taylor-McCabe received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.

“This year’s Fellows’ Prize recipients exemplify the excellence in research and leadership we strive for at the Laboratory,” said Mark Chadwick, deputy Read More

Local Students Complete 16-Week Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Operator Boot Camp Offered By N3B

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Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos Director of Training Mark Russell, rear, with the September graduating class of the Nuclear Waste Processing Operator Boot Camp. Courtesy/EM-LA

EM-LA News:

Twelve newly trained nuclear waste processing operators received their nuclear waste processor or handler certifications last week after completing a 16-week boot camp program offered by EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) legacy cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B).

Each graduate received a full-time work assignment at N3B after passing a waste operator comprehensive Read More