NM CSETP - Revision history

Rjcord: /* Economic Development Departments */

2021-04-19T17:21:47Z

Economic Development Departments

Rjcord: /* UNM Rainforest Innovations */

2021-04-19T17:17:26Z

UNM Rainforest Innovations

Rjcord: /* The Challenge */

2020-09-02T06:18:53Z

The Challenge

Rjcord: /* Petrochemical Substitutions */

2020-09-02T06:16:25Z

Petrochemical Substitutions

Rjcord: /* Observations on how New Mexico is positioned */

2020-09-02T06:12:56Z

Observations on how New Mexico is positioned

Rjcord: /* On Innovation */

2020-09-02T06:07:07Z

On Innovation

Rjcord: /* Building a New Economy for New Mexico */

2020-09-02T06:05:51Z

Building a New Economy for New Mexico

Rjcord: /* InnovateABQ */

2020-09-02T05:56:51Z

InnovateABQ

Rjcord: /* InnovateABQ */

2020-09-02T05:55:55Z

InnovateABQ

Rjcord: /* Energy Related Devices */

2020-09-02T05:47:48Z

Energy Related Devices

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 Located in Albuquerque, NM, the UNM Rainforest Innovations (formerly known as the STC.UNM and Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM) is a nonprofit corporation formed and owned entirely by the University of New Mexico Board of Regents (UNM). They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation with an independent board of directors. Located at the Lobo Rainforest Building in the heart of the Innovation District in Albuquerque, New Mexico, UNM Rainforest Innovations has proximity to research and development and laboratory facilities and other technology based companies, many of which are the creation of UNM Rainforest Innovations.
-== Economic Development Departments ==
+== NM Economic Development Departments ==
 * [http://edclc.org/ Economic Development Corporation of Lea County]
 * [https://www.developcarlsbad.org/ Carlsbad Department of Development]

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 === Southwest Technology Development Institute, NMSU ===
 The [https://swtdi.nmsu.edu/ Southwest Technology Development Institute], located in Las Cruces, NM is a non-profit, university-based organization that provides applied research and development services to private and public sector clients. SWTDI was established in 1977 as the New Mexico Solar Energy Institute, and has active research programs in energy and related systems.
 === UNM Rainforest Innovations ===
 Located in Albuquerque, NM, the UNM Rainforest Innovations (formerly known as the STC.UNM and Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM) is a nonprofit corporation formed and owned entirely by the University of New Mexico Board of Regents (UNM). They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation with an independent board of directors. Located at the Lobo Rainforest Building in the heart of the Innovation District in Albuquerque, New Mexico, UNM Rainforest Innovations has proximity to research and development and laboratory facilities and other technology based companies, many of which are the creation of UNM Rainforest Innovations.

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 = New Mexico Climate Science, Engineering and Technology Partnership =
-==The Challenge==
+==The Challenge and Concept in Development==
 In order to make New Mexico not just an importer of the products, services and technologies of renewables and green processes, it’s important to establish a partnership of excellence in the climate sciences and technologies needed for the latter 4/5ths of the 21st century. To be a leader in the rapidly expanding field of manufacturing and services for transitioning from fossil-fuels by 2050 such a bold action is essential.

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 As mentioned above, once petro-sourced raw materials and products become less sustainable, there is a clear need to find bio-sourced substitutions for an enormous number of businesses. Not enough is known on how to bio-source replacements, some can be grown and harvested directly such as fibers, but some, such as pharmaceuticals, will still need to by synthesized to maintain a functioning health care system.
-Much of modern civilization is built on the products from the oil and gas extractive industries. Plastics in protective equipment, supplies etc. are critical to a viable modern health care system. Trains, boats, planes and automobiles rely enormously on plastic parts of one kind or another. Lubricants based on mineral oils keep everything moving. Chemical dyes and paints color our world. Nylon fibers carpet our homes and clothe our bodies. In order to get off fossil fuels, leaving it in the ground will also starve the chemical industries for these products. We need alternatives, somethings that will substitute for feedstocks derived from oil and gas. 13% of petroleum is used in chemical manufacturing, i.e. not burned.
+Much of modern civilization is built on the products from the oil and gas extractive industries. Plastics in protective equipment, supplies etc. are critical to a viable modern health care system. Trains, boats, planes and automobiles rely enormously on plastic parts of one kind or another. Lubricants based on mineral oils keep everything moving. Chemical dyes and paints color our world. Nylon fibers carpet our homes and clothe our bodies. In order to get off fossil fuels, leaving it in the ground will also starve the chemical industries for oil-based feedstocks. Reports suggest about 13% of petroleum is used in chemical manufacturing, i.e. not burned.
 To begin with…

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 The state departments of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, (Sarah Cotrell Propst) ([http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ EMNRD]) and Economic Development Department, ([https://gonm.biz/ EDD]) have a potential coordination role, both internally and externally with participating industries and academia.
-Among candidate academic institutions are the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NM Tech) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). NMSU with it's history as an Agriculture and Mechanical college has extension service missions that positions it well to participate.
+Among the academic institutions, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NM Tech) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) may have the most experience with technology transfer and commercialization. NMSU with it's history as an Agriculture and Mechanical college has extension service missions that positions it well to participate.
-New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grissom is reported to support in general the need to grow a replacement economy much less dependent on Oil & Gas.
+New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grissom is reported to support in general the need to grow a replacement economy much less dependent on Oil & Gas. The [[NM State Climate Task Force | Interagency Climate Action Task Force]] has begun work under the Governor's Executive Order.
 As of September 2019 it didn't appear that NM had funds to spare for such a project, even with O&G revenues that were projected by some to last 10 yrs. By mid 2020 with the collapse of oil prices and the economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, funding becomes even more of a challenge.

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 * Percent College Grad lower bound 25%
-The three parameters are meant to determine if there’s cheap (affordable) housing, a significant percentage of the population is well educated. The report cites Rochester, NY as the poster-child of the concept.
+The three parameters are meant to determine if there’s cheap (affordable) housing,and a significant percentage of the population is well educated. The report cites Rochester, NY as the poster-child of the concept.
 == Observations on how New Mexico is positioned ==

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 New Mexico has relied on the Oil & Gas industry, primarily exploration and production in the Permian Basin, for as much as 46% of the state's budget. As renewable energies become cheaper and cheaper, fossil fuel energy becomes uneconomic much as coal already has (as of mid 2020). This will be a problem for New Mexico's state budget in year's to come. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic along with the collapsing price of oil in 2020 has made the financial situation more serious if not urgent.
-New industries, new jobs and a rebuilt tax base is going to be essential and need to be urgently developed to replace the retraction of Oil & Gas. While New Mexico is an excellent state for solar and wind power, little if any of the equipment, infrastructure and service industries needed by these industries is hosted in New Mexico. As petro-sourced products become impractical, undesirable and environmentally problematic bio-sourced products will be needed. While early research suggests some substitutions are available, manufacturing costs are not yet economic. An R&D opportunity is then an opportunity for the current academic institutions and industrial enterprises to develop these technologies and solutions.
+New industries, new jobs and a rebuilt tax base are going to be essential to replace the retraction of the Oil & Gas industry. While New Mexico is an excellent state for solar and wind power, little if any of the equipment, infrastructure and service industries needed by these industries is hosted in New Mexico. As petro-sourced products become impractical, undesirable and environmentally problematic, bio-sourced products will be needed as replacements. While early research suggests some substitutions are available, manufacturing costs are not yet economic. An R&D opportunity is then an opportunity for the current academic institutions and industrial enterprises to develop these technologies and solutions.
-Appropriate R&D is often overlooked as a policy with the biggest impact on reversing global warming:
+Appropriate R&D is often overlooked as a policy with the biggest impact on reversing global warming as reported by VOX:
 : [https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/7/11/20688611/climate-change-research-development-innovation “The climate change policy with the most potential is the most neglected”] - VOX - David Roberts - Jul 11, 2019:
-As R&D efforts become successful, there will be a growing need for Technology Transfer to commercialization and then widespread adoption. The needed steps while well known involve scaling up successes in the lab to successes at a pilot scale and then commercial scale. Widespread adoption becomes possible once these stages are complete, showing technical success, economic success and finally social acceptance. Some technologies, like energy storage, are already on this path and will need shepherding all the way to widespread adoption.
+Once R&D efforts become successful, technology transfer for commercialization and widespread adoption by new and existing businesses completes the cycle. The needed steps while well known involve scaling up successes in the lab to successes at a pilot scale and then commercial scale. Widespread adoption becomes possible once these stages are completed after technical success, economic success and finally social acceptance. Some technologies, like energy storage, are already on this path and need shepherding for widespread adoption.
-The state has a role in coordinating such efforts and the desperately need funding.
+The state agencies may play a role in coordinating such efforts and finding the desperately need funding.
-We propose that these activities be centered and coordinated by a New Mexico Center of Technical Excellence. The actual name is not important but a solid plan for the organization will be critical to its success and relevance in the international market place for green energy products and services.
+We propose that the research and development activities be centered and coordinated by a New Mexico Center of Technical Excellence. While the actual name is not important, a solid plan for the organization will be critical to its success and relevance in the competitive international market place for green energy products and services.
-This is actually a simple idea but with many underlying complications. How innovations are harnessed, how a NM technology hub or center is feasible, who participates, what is it's focus and how it might be funded are all questions that will need addressing.
+While this is a simple idea there are many underlying complications. How innovations are harnessed, how a NM technology hub or center is feasible, who participates, how can they work together, what is it's focus and how it might be funded are all questions that will need addressing.
 == On Innovation ==

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 ===InnovateABQ===
-[http://innovateabq.com/ InnovateABQ] is a collaborative initiative among UNM, city and county government, and the business community.
+[http://innovateabq.com/ InnovateABQ] was originally established as a collaborative initiative among UNM, city and county government, and the business community.
 In July 2020, due to financial difficulties, the University of New Mexico (UNM) accepted the transfer of the Innovate ABQ project from a nonprofit 501(c)3 that UNM set up in 2015 to independently manage the development of a seven-acre site at Central and Broadway including the development of the neighboring First Baptist Church. UNM’s real estate entity Lobo Development Corp. and UNM Rainforest Innovations (formerly STC.UNM), the university’s technology transfer and economic development office, will jointly oversee the Innovate ABQ project going forward, pending final approval by the New Mexico Higher Education Department and the State Board of Finance.

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 [http://innovateabq.com/ InnovateABQ] is a collaborative initiative among UNM, city and county government, and the business community.
-In July 2020, due to financial difficulties, the University of New Mexico (UNM) accepted the transfer of Innovate ABQ, a nonprofit 501(c)3 that UNM set up in 2015 to independently manage the development of the seven-acre site including the Lobo Rainforest Building, CNM FUSE Makerspace and next the development of the First Baptist Church. UNM’s real estate entity Lobo Development Corp. and UNM Rainforest Innovations (formerly STC.UNM), the university’s technology transfer and economic development office, will jointly oversee the Innovate ABQ project going forward, pending final approval by the New Mexico Higher Education Department and the State Board of Finance.
+In July 2020, due to financial difficulties, the University of New Mexico (UNM) accepted the transfer of the Innovate ABQ project from a nonprofit 501(c)3 that UNM set up in 2015 to independently manage the development of a seven-acre site at Central and Broadway including the development of the neighboring First Baptist Church. UNM’s real estate entity Lobo Development Corp. and UNM Rainforest Innovations (formerly STC.UNM), the university’s technology transfer and economic development office, will jointly oversee the Innovate ABQ project going forward, pending final approval by the New Mexico Higher Education Department and the State Board of Finance.
 === Innovate New Mexico ===

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 * A Micro Fuel Cell™ technology
 * A Solar Cell Technology
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