CRELA – Standing for the Land, Renewing the Future

CRELA has four main objectives: education, development, rights and marketing.

CRELA was established to be a united group of landowners and industry partners who can discuss how to influence policy on renewable energy for New Mexico and surrounding areas in a way that everyone benefits.

Renewable Energy & CRELA

Education: CRELA will educate the public about energy development.
Development: CRELA will position itself so that its members and other energy industry partners can unite.We can discuss needs and inﬂuence policy. CRELA can facilitate transmission infrastructure development for New Mexico and surrounding states.
Rights: CRELA may engage in issues related to water, endangered species,mineral rights, land use and private property rights.
Marketing: CRELA desires to educate landowners in marketing knowledge to sell their renewable energies.

Atlantic Shores Utilizing Survey Buoys to Collect Environmental Data

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America, has launched two buoys that will collect critical atmospheric and weather data, and track the migration of species of birds, fish, turtles and other animals that have been nanotagged by researchers. Each buoy will be deployed in […] [...]

Orsted, ATP Partnership Submits Bid for North Sea Energy Island

Ørsted, a company that develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, and ATP, Denmark’s largest pension company and processing business, have partnered to submit a bid in the upcoming tender for the Danish North Sea “energy island.” By submitting a bid together for the energy island in the North Sea, Ørsted and ATP […] [...]

IEA Awarded Construction Contracts for Texas, Illinois Wind Farms

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., an infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, has been awarded three renewable energy construction projects for a combined total of approximately $300 million. Two of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects, including a wind farm and a solar farm, are located in Texas. Work on […] [...]

Atlas, Hitachi Partner to Integrate Energy Storage, Utility-Scale Renewables

Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a collaboration agreement with Hitachi ABB Power Grids to jointly develop and execute battery energy storage systems (BESS) at a utility-scale level for Atlas’ renewable projects. “We look forward to collaborating on projects together with Atlas Renewable Energy that build on their deep experience with utility-scale renewable projects in Latin […] [...]

Despite COVID-Induced Slump, Clean Energy Jobs Rallied Strongly

Clean energy jobs surged nearly 11% in the second half of 2020 to employ more than 3 million Americans across every state and nearly every county, according to the sixth annual Clean Jobs America report recently released by E2. Like most of the economy, clean energy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic […] [...]