U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be the keynote speaker later this month at New Mexico State University’s “Re-Energize America” conference on moving toward a clean-energy economy.
Chu’s scheduled Aug. 31 speech was announced in a news release from U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., who is honorary chairman of the conference.
“Having Secretary Chu join us in Las Cruces for this important conference clearly shows that this administration sees New Mexico as a key player in our nation’s energy future,” Teague said in the release. “New Mexico’s unique combination of traditional source reserves and the right climate and geography for capitalizing on emerging renewable technologies has positioned us as a true energy leader.”
The two-day conference is designed to give participants opportunities to discuss how they can start or grow their own energy ventures.
They’ll have opportunities to hear from industry experts in “renewable technologies, markets and policies, the energy water nexus and challenges, energy and agriculture, algal biofuels and biomass, solar and wind research, storage and land use, micro-grid and smart-grid systems, natural gas, nuclear power, and many other possibilities to sustain America’s energy needs,” the release states.
For more information on the conference and to register, go to http://energize.nmsu.edu/ or call Brenda Dunn at (575) 646-2575 or Aggie Saltman at (575) 646-9323.