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Black: Fission, fusion, and fracking were all invented in New Mexico
“Fission, fusion, and fracking were all invented in New Mexico.”
Black: New Mexico produces lowest carbon-intensity oil and gas anywhere
“So we've got the lowest carbon intense barrel of oil and unit of natural gas anywhere.”
Black: New Mexico's sovereign wealth fund will probably surpass Alaska within three years
“It's, it is the second largest in, in the U.S., only behind Alaska, and we think we'll probably surpass Alaska in the next three years or so.”
Black: XGS chose New Mexico for $1B plant due to state-backed VC fund
“It's also why XGS Geothermal chose to build a 150 megawatt, billion dollar geothermal plant in New Mexico, because they were funded by a fund funded by the State Investment Council.”
Black: New Mexico leads the US in R&D spend density and PhDs per capita
“While we have the highest density of R&D spend in the U.S. Here in New Mexico, We also have the most PhDs per capita in the United States, live here in New Mexico.”
Black: New Mexico is the only state offering free two- and four-year college
“That sovereign wealth fund not only invests in companies that are helping create jobs, it also pays for us as the only state in the country that provides free Two and four year college tuition for anybody who graduates from a high school in New Mexico , you ca…”
Black: New Mexico will be the only state providing universal free childcare
“As well, starting November first of this year, we will provide universal free childcare and early education programs for any family in the, in New Mexico, only place in the United States.”
Black: New Mexico hosts the only US uranium enrichment plant
“We have the only uranium enrichment plant in the United States today is in New Mexico.”
Black: New Mexico operates the most productive geothermal well in the US
“We have the most productive geothermal well now operating in the US happening in New Mexico.”
Black: New Mexico passed microgrid legislation for 20MW+ energy users
“We also passed a microgrid bill, That allows users of over 20 megawatts, so I think large advanced manufacturing or hyperscalers to build microgrids very quickly in the state”
Black: New Mexico allocated $2B to partner with top deep tech VCs
“What they've done is they've taken about two billion of that and put it into a venture fund that is working with the 25 to 30 largest deep tech venture funds in the world.”
Black: New Mexico subsidizes up to 90% of new hire wages
“We have a high-wage jobs tax credit that's refundable at eight and a half percent of your employees' wages for four years. We're going to pay between 50 and 90% of your employees' wages for the first six months that are in New Mexico on new hires, depending on…”
Black: New Mexico SIC created $300M+ advanced energy fund with Lowercarbon
“So, just a month ago, the State Investment Council Created a new fund of over three hundred million dollars, part with lower carbon energy to fund fusion and advanced energy projects in New Mexico.”
Black: New Mexico ranks second in US oil and third in gas production
“We're number two in oil production, number three in natural gas production in the United States.”
New Mexico enacted site readiness program with 60-day review timelines
“In the last legislative session, we passed several pieces of legislation that, one, that create a site readiness program where we're able to pre-deploy and certify a site as an economic development site, help put infrastructure in advance prior to a customer e…”