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.
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Recent Events
Climate Solutions Day at the Roundhouse
On February 5, 2026,NMSEA had an information table and participated in an EV car show at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe for Climate Solutions Day. We educated the public and our leaders about the promise of solar energy. Many NMSEA members participated, including Daniel Baker, Janet Bridgers, Mark Chalom, Jill Cliburn, Walter Gerstle, Mark Hawes, Bruce Hunn, Joaquin Karcher, Steve Kenin, Troy McGee, Steve McWilliams, Tom Solomon, and Stefi Weisburd.
Annual Meeting 2026
The Annual Meeting was attended by about 25 people – in person at Tony Hillrman Library and on Zoom. We heard talks by Troy McGee, on Community Solar, and by Joaquin Karcher, on Passive Solar Low Income Housing. Our President, Robert Foster, conducted the meeting. We elected three new board members: Jill Cliburn, Joaquin Karcher, and Marchez Coriz; see https://www.nmsolar.org/board-of-directors/ for biographical information on our new board members. Following the meeting, many folks walked across the street to share lunch at Relish.
Annual Meeting
11:30 AM, Saturday, January 17, 2026
Featured Speaker: Troy McGee
“Progress in Community Solar”
Election of Board Members and Officers
Discussion of Solar Initiatives for 2026
Location: Tony Hillerman Library
8205 Apache Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
(or Join Zoom Meeting)
https://ases-org.zoom.us/j/83266856250?pwd=Yi2fLIn9MuaLaESIJcU5KyMFc05Kdg.1
Meeting ID: 832 6685 6250
Passcode: 042742
Lunch Following at:
We are planning to participate in the ASES National Solar Tour Please add your solar site to this tour.
About 200 people attended Sun Day. It was a beautiful sunny day. There were many exhibitors and speakers. The meeting concluded with a march with about 30 peeople. A very wonderful event.
Sun Day, Roosevelt Park, Albuquerque, Sunday noon-3PM, September 21, 2025
National Ambient Energy for Buildings Research Symposium, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, September 7 – 9, 2025, https://engineering.louisville.edu/naebrs/
The Symposium, held at Ghost Ranch, was simply magical. Most of the pioneers of passive solar architecture were in attendance. To kick off the symposium, Mark Chalom, pictured below, hosted a wonderful pizza party at his house on Abiquiu Lake. About 100 people were in attendance, including many NMSEA members. New and old friendships were cemented. Much information was shared, history was recounted, and new things were learned.
Solar Agrivoltaics Field Trip - Saturday, August 16, 2025
August 16, 2025, met at 10:30 AM at
Los Poblanos Fields Open Space Visitor Parking area at Montano Rd NW and Tierra Viva Pl .
Brian Naughton guided us on a 1/2 a mile walk to the agrivoltaic project.
Followed by:
Solar Agrivoltaics Tour at the Steve McWilliams Residence
noon to 1 PM
Steve shared his experiences with Solar PV, Batteries, and Agrivoltaics.
Sandwiches and Lemonade were provided
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.
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