Tag: Geothermal Power
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Cool NREL maps show the huge geothermal power potential of the U.S.
Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.
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U.S. added 147 megawatts of geothermal energy in 2012
Geothermal power has a promising future, but so far it has lagged behind most of its other renewable energy cousins, especially wind and solar.
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Energy News: BP Oil Spill Woes Continue, Resurface; Kenya's Geothermal Power Doubles; More
Plus... Shell announces first carbon capture project in the Alberta Tar Sands; Arctic oil and natural gas's high cost to limit their global share.
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World's First Solar-Geothermal Hybrid Plant Opens in the Nevada Desert
A recently opened power plant in the Nevada desert uses two types of renewable energy.
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Geothermal Heat Pump System Taps Sewage Instead of Bedrock
A new type of geothermal heat pump system being tested in Philadelphia can tap into a city's sewage lines to capture heat.
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Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't the US Tapped Into Its Geothermal Power Potential More?
With the abundant geothermal potential of the United States, what are the biggest barriers to tapping into that renewable energy source? Leslie Blodgett of Geothermal Energy Weekly answers.
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Energy News Recap: Illegal Nuclear Power Subsidies, Geothermal Power From Volcanoes, More
Energy policy and energy use are not forces of nature beyond our control. It's all about choices; different choices set us off on different paths, but don't prevent us from switching course.
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Clever! Geothermal Power Plants Could be a Massive Source of Lithium for Batteries
Demand for lithium is growing very rapidly thanks to portable electronics and electric vehicles. What if we could get a lot of lithium cheaply, without building new mines?
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Nazi Bunker to Become Europe's Largest Solar Power Plant
A former Nazi bunker located in Hamburg, Germany is about to get a full-scale makeover. The building, which looks like a giant LEGO, will supply 3,000 homes with heating and 1,000 of those with electricity, cutting 6,600 tons of CO2 per year.
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US Geothermal Power Potential 10x That Of Coal Power Plants, New Analysis Shows
The Google-funded research shows that there's 3 million megawatts of geothermal power, across the entire US, waiting to be tapped via enhanced geothermal techniques.
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7 Cities with Great Green Projects Others Should Imitate
Cities can be hot-spots of pollution, with thousands or millions of people, cars, pets, industries, and more contributing to global warming. But they can also be centers of innovation, as bright ideas, available funding, and
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Newcastle Geothermal Project to Heat City Center
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne has already been named Britain's greenest city. But that reputation looks set to be cemented as the city begins drilling for geothermal energy in the form of hot
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Ferran Adrià 's elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli's Smartgrid
Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed
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Geysers Explode With Energy and Life (Slideshow)
When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice.
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Geysers Explode With Energy and Life
When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice. Yet everyday, around the planet, smaller displays of geothermal force take place. Sometimes, it's f
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Tapping the Energy Below the Earth's Surface
The heat in the upper six miles of the earth's crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world's oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity
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Indonesia to Add 4000 MW of Geothermal Power by 2014... And Add Another 10 GW of Coal by 2012
Indonesia may not be tapping into much of its superior
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Geothermal Power Projects Abandoned in Switzerland, California
It's like that 1965 movie Crack in the World, where drilling for geothermal energy causes all kinds of problems. There are such high hopes for real geothermal power; there is a lot of heat down there that can vaporize water and run turbines.
