As used in the Advanced Energy Technologies Economic Development Act: A. 'alternative fuel' means natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, electricity, hydrogen, a fuel mixture containing not less than eighty-five percent ethanol or methanol, a fuel mixture containing not less than twenty percent vegetable oil or a water-phased hydrocarbon fuel emulsion consisting of a hydrocarbon base and water in an amount not less than twenty percent by volume of the total water-phased fuel emulsion; B. 'clean energy' means alternative fuels, energy efficiency, renewable energy and fuel cells; C. 'department' means the energy, minerals and natural resources department; D. 'energy efficiency' means the application of technology resulting in the reduced or improved use of energy; E. 'fuel cell' means equipment using an electrochemical process to generate electricity and heat; F. 'fund' means the clean energy grants fund; G. 'renewable energy' means thermal or electrical energy generated by means of a low- or zero-emissions generation technology that has substantial long-term production potential, including solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas or biomass, but does not include fossil fuel or nuclear w- or zero-emissions generation technology that has substantial long-term production potential, including solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas or biomass, but does not include fossil fuel or nuclear power; and H. 'secretary' means the secretary of energy, minerals and natural resources. History: Laws 2004, ch. 55, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 55 contains no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, is effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
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