{"id":742,"date":"2010-07-02T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T04:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/?p=742"},"modified":"2010-07-02T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T04:20:25","slug":"new-mexico-leads-rocky-mountain-states-in-green-energy-job-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/new-mexico-leads-rocky-mountain-states-in-green-energy-job-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Leads Rocky Mountain States In Green Energy Job Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"BlogContent\">\n<p><strong>Report Praises New Mexico\u2019s Policies  and Incentives for Attracting Jobs, Venture Capital, Public Investment,  and Green Technology Patents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Bill Richardson announced today that a new report released  by Headwaters Economics shows that New Mexico has emerged as a clean  energy leader, increasing its percentage of green jobs faster than other  Rocky Mountain States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Mexico is proud to be a national leader in clean and renewable  energy development,\u201d said Governor Richardson. \u201cThese efforts reward New  Mexicans by expanding and diversifying our energy resources, which is  good for the environment, and help create green jobs during this  challenging economic time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of the Richardson Administration\u2019s clean energy  accomplishments include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The state\u2019s first renewable energy portfolio standard, which  requires utilities to produce 15 percent of their energy through  renewable resources by 2015 and 20 percent by 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The recreation of the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority, to  plan and finance transmission lines to promote the development of  renewable energy within New Mexico. It is one of only eight transmission  authorities in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And numerous renewable energy tax credits for wind, solar and  biomass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Mexico\u2019s combined strategy of targeted public policy and strong  support for business has made it a regionally and nationally competitive  center of clean technology innovation, especially solar power, which is  capturing energy-related jobs and attracting investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to Governor Richardson\u2019s visionary leadership in championing  New Mexico as the \u2018Solar Valley of North America,\u2019 we have had  tremendous success in recruiting green energy companies, creating green  energy jobs and addressing issues of energy independence,\u201d stated  Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Fred Mondrag\u00f3n. \u201cWe  are honored that Headwaters has noted our accomplishments in these  areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased that the report recognizes New Mexico\u2019s leadership and  success in building a green energy economy,\u201d said Jon Goldstein, Cabinet  Secretary for New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources  Department. \u201cBecause of the work we have already done and continue to  do, the state stands to be among the first to be able to take advantage  of and benefit from emerging green technologies and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Headwaters Economics Clean Energy report compares how New Mexico,  Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming\u2014five states with vast traditional  and clean energy resources\u2014are taking advantage of clean energy  opportunities and concludes with five keys to success for the states to  further benefit from the emerging green economy while measuring the  likelihood that each state\u2019s policies will promote future growth and  investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Mexico\u2019s success shows the importance of both policy and  political leadership at all levels of government, from county  commissioner to United States Senator,\u201d said Julia Haggerty, Ph.D., the  report\u2019s author. \u201cThe state\u2019s aggressive outreach program, backed by  strong incentives\u2014including property tax breaks, bonding, and worker  training\u2014has attracted new businesses and jobs to the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Headwaters Economic report found that the number of jobs overall  in New Mexico increased 13 percent from 1995 to 2007, and the number of  green jobs for the same time period had a 62 percent increase.<\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy report also measured private and public investment  funding that, in New Mexico, totaled $239 million between 1999 and 2008,  and the state ranked twelfth nationally from 2006 through 2008, the  latest three years available.<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy production is one of the reasons stated in the  report for rapid expansion.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico showed strength in wind, solar and geothermal potential.  From 1990 to 2007, New Mexico\u2019s renewable energy production grew by more  than 200 percent, the highest rate of the five states.<\/p>\n<p>The full study, digest, state fact sheets, and state-by-state  comparisons can be found at <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.headwaterseconomics.org\/greeneconomy\">www.headwaterseconomics.org\/greeneconomy<\/a> <sup>[1]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about clean energy in New Mexico visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergynm.org\/\">www.CleanEnergyNM.org<\/a> <sup>[2]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>To view the report section on New Mexico visit <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.headwaterseconomics.org\/greeneconomy\/#newmexico\">http:\/\/www.headwaterseconomics.org\/greeneconomy\/#newmexico<\/a> <sup>[3]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report Praises New Mexico\u2019s Policies and Incentives for Attracting Jobs, Venture Capital, Public Investment, and Green Technology Patents. Governor Bill Richardson announced today that a new report released by Headwaters Economics shows that New Mexico has emerged as a clean energy leader, increasing its percentage of green jobs faster than other Rocky Mountain States. \u201cNew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/new-mexico-leads-rocky-mountain-states-in-green-energy-job-growth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Mexico Leads Rocky Mountain States In Green Energy Job Growth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Mexico Leads Rocky Mountain States In Green Energy Job Growth - Southwest Properties, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/new-mexico-leads-rocky-mountain-states-in-green-energy-job-growth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Mexico Leads Rocky Mountain States In Green Energy Job Growth - Southwest Properties, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Report Praises New Mexico\u2019s Policies and Incentives for Attracting Jobs, Venture Capital, Public Investment, and Green Technology Patents. 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