NMSEA Mission
The New Mexico Solar Energy Association mission is to educate, empower, advocate, and collaborate for clean renewable energy. NMSEA is a state chapter of the American Solar Energy Society.
Recent Activities:
Renewable Energy Day at Albuquerque High School
Walter Gerstle, Nancy Singham, Ward McCartney, Steve McWilliams, Jim Mackenzie
Lectures to six classes, solar cookies and hotdogs, and an EV car show
Monday, April 21, 2025
Earth Day at Balloon Fiesta Park
Greg Crabtree, Steve McWilliams, Jim Mckenzie, Robert Foster, Walter Gerstle
Solar Cooking Demo, Sun Chaser Demo, Villager Solar Cooker Demo
April 13, 2025
Climate Crisis Day at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe on March 7, 2025. Troy McGee, Ward McCarthy, Tom Solomon, Stefi Weisburd, Walter Gerstle and Steve McWilliams participated by tabling, demonstrating electric vehicles and heat pump technology, and educating legislators about real solutions to the climate crisis. The event was sponsored by the Sierra Club.
Saturday January 18, 2025 – Annual Meeting
NMSEA hosted a solar cooking demonstration in perfect sunny calm winter weather at the Bachechi Open Space Education Building.
Eggs, cookies, muffins, chile, beans, enchiladas were cooked in a variety of cookers. A number of passersby and NMSEA members learned about solar cooking and sampled some of the baked items.
Three past presidents and six board members addressed the assembly of fourteen members.
The following candidates for Board Member were approved for a two-year term, starting January 18, 2025:
Greg Crabtree, Robert Foster, Walter Gerstle, Stephen Kenin,
Troy McGee, Steve McWilliams, Gino Perez
Public Talk and Dinner
4:30 PM, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Location: Botts Hall at the Special Collections Library is the Pueblo-style building at the Northwest corner of Edith Blvd. and Central Avenue, (423 Central NE)
https://abqlibrary.org/specialcollections
Self-hosted drinks and dinner followed the talk at the Range Café, 320 Central SE
SPEAKER: Bruce Warren Davis, Architect
TITLE OF TALK:
A Brief Review of the Long History of Passive Solar Design in New Mexico.
ABSTRACT:
Davis spoke on the state of Passive Solar technology as it existed in New Mexico at the time of the founding of The New Mexico Solar Energy Association, how it stands in the world today, and where he sees it evolving in the future, here in New Mexico, and in the world.
General meeting at Juno Brewery on October 10, 2024.
Dylan Connelly Spoke about the Status of Community Solar in New Mexico
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350 NM’s Electrify New Mexico page.
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