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Growing Use of Geothermal Heat Pumps Will Enable Electricity Load-Balancing and Energy Management

Nov 11, 2011 6:42PM

Because the Earth maintains a constant temperature just 10 feet below the surface, systems that use shallow heat to control building temperatures above ground represent an easily accessible resource...


United States to Lead the World in Geothermal Power Capacity through 2020

Sep 30, 2011 2:26PM

On September 23 the U.S. Department of Energy finalized a loan guarantee of up to $350 million for a geothermal power generation project in Nevada that will produce 113 megawatts of clean base load ...


Conventional Geothermal in Japan Could Replace All Existing Nuclear Power Plants

Sep 28, 2011 3:58PM

According to some reports, only 16% of Japan's energy is generated domestically, but being located on the ring of fire, Japan is considered the third country in the world with the most geological...


Canada's Geothermal Resources Enough to Power Everything in the Country

Sep 27, 2011 9:08PM

Canada may free itself from oil and gas in the not-so-distant future due to its geothermal capacity. A new report says that the country’s possible geothermal wells would not only be enough to pr...


Drill for Geothermal Power in Developing Countries and on King Street

Jul 08, 2011 2:39AM

Hezy Ram Geothermal industry veteran Hezy Ram has worked in the industry for over three decades.  His career began with 28 years of experience at Ormat (ORA), where he was Executive Vice Preside...


Geothermal Power Capacity Could More than Double by 2020

Mar 08, 2011 12:30AM

As global energy demand increases and efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions intensify, an increasing number of countries throughout the world are looking to tap geothermal resources to drive low ...


Nevada Geothermal Power develops geothermal properties

Feb 28, 2011 11:11PM

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. currently owns a 100% leasehold interest in five properties: Blue Mountain, Pumpernickel Valley, Edna Mountain and North Valley in Nevada, and Crump Geyser, in Oregon.


300,000+ Low Income Homes Weatherized

Jan 24, 2011 10:50PM

What has the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act done for us lately? Funny you should ask, as US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu recently announced that more than 300,000 low-income homes across the...


Ground source heat pump system takes its energy from a nearby lake

Jan 22, 2011 11:43PM

With running costs typically 75 per cent that of conventional systems, a heats pump normally pays for itself in between five and ten years. A waterside property in the South East of England is now ben...


Passengers Passing by Stockholm Central Station Reduce 25% of Used Heating Energy

Jan 13, 2011 5:21AM

Stockholm’s Central Station, the largest and the most crowded railway station in Sweden, has opened on July 18, 1871. This railway station offers many high quality services and is one of the mos...


More Geothermal Found in Imperial Valley

Jan 03, 2011 11:39PM

The sun-splashed Imperial Valley, east of San Diego County along the U.S.-Mexico border, is a well-known target for solar development. Geothermal there gets less attention, but the area up near the Sa...


DECC grants deep geothermal projects funding

Dec 23, 2010 8:39PM

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced the three projects which will share £1.1 million from the second round of the Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund. Keele University ...


Geothermal Company Seeks Big DOE Loan

Dec 16, 2010 3:26PM

Ormat Technologies, a geothermal energy company, is in the planning stages of taking out a hefty loan from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to finance three geothermal energy projects currently und...


Senate Bill Aims to Improve Geothermal Leasing

Dec 07, 2010 4:36PM

The bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act to allow the Interior Department to issue geothermal leases for adjacent lands on a noncompetitive basis, based on fair-market value, and has a companion bill ...


Missouri Tech School Ditching Coal, Wood

Dec 01, 2010 9:10PM

Since 1945, they've been heating most of the buildings at the Missouri University of Science & Technology, in Rolla, by burning coal and wood chips to make steam. That just doesn't see...


RavenSkin: Letting The Sun's Heat Pass When Cold And Blocking It When Hot (Outside)

Nov 24, 2010 10:07PM

We would all like to have our houses heated during the winter and cooled during summer. This can't be done by using regular bricks, and sometimes a tree might just do its job properly, but what a...


New England Granite A Geothermal Hotbed?

Nov 23, 2010 10:55PM

the first comprehensive survey of geothermal energy potential of the rocks in the northeastern United States, teams will collect some 450 samples from Massachusetts and Connecticut for laboratory anal...


Heat From Streets Seen As Energy Source

Nov 17, 2010 1:04AM

So far, the “heat island” effect formed by the large amounts of asphalt in cities hasn’t been much more than a nuisance to us, contributing to higher A/C usage on hot summer days. En...


Supermarket Giant fits out Biggest Store in England with Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Oct 26, 2010 3:12PM

Sainsbury’s has opened its extended Crayford store which is the largest in its estate and features “world leading” geothermal technology.


Asteroid Impact To Have Created Geothermal Energy Reservoir In Australia 300 Million Years Ago

Oct 25, 2010 1:46PM

An important geothermal resource area in Australia has been found to have a less known, asteroid-related history...


Private Equity Firm Invests $100 million in Chinese Energy Efficiency Company

Oct 22, 2010 9:01PM

Private equity firm Silver Lake has invested in Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings, a Chinese provider of energy-efficiency technologies. The investment is the first by the $14 billion firm in China&rsq...


When Being LEED Is Not Good Enough

Oct 22, 2010 7:55PM

For some buildings, LEED Platinum isn’t enough. The newest, most exalted green-building certification just might be “Living Building” status, conferred by the Seattle-based Internat...


United Arab Emirate eyes Investments in Indonesian Geothermal Industry

Oct 21, 2010 11:16PM

The United Arab Emirates is eying investments in Indonesia’s geothermal industry, according to Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa. Indonesia currently ranks third behind the US and th...


Geothermal Technology has been Gaining Ground in Recent years

Oct 21, 2010 9:16PM

According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), geothermal heat pump installations have seen strong growth over the recent years, and, as of 2008, totaled over 1 million nationwide.


Geothermal Growth Spurs Training Classes

Oct 21, 2010 8:53PM

CleanEdison has announced new courses for accreditation as a geothermal installer or driller. Geothermal hasn’t made the inroads that solar or wind have...


 
 
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