Latest Geothermal energy News
Chiltern Dynamics
Chiltern Dynamics will be promoting a better understanding of the impact of changes to Approved Document L (ADL) on air tightness requirements for all new buildings. Its Energy Services Department is fully accredited by UKAS, ATTMA and BINDT to offer air tightness testing of all building types. Its knowledgeable engineers will be on hand to answer specific questions on how to prepare for the changes – which require improved air tightness perf... [more]
Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1). The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacen... [more]
As a result of high costs, low demand, and recent disasters, global nuclear generation capacity falls
The latest Vital Signs Online (VSO) report from the Worldwatch Institute indicates that due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011. Despite reaching record levels the previous year, global installed nuclear capacity, the potential power generation from all existing plants, declined to 366.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2011, from 375.5 GW at the... [more]
Other Geothermal energy news and reviews
EDC gets 70% stake in geothermal projects in Chile, Peru
Geothermal leader Energy Development Corp. (EDC) acquired a 70 percent stake in four geothermal projects in Chile and Peru, fortifying its international expansion plans.
The Damage Done, Part 9 -- Geothermal Is Hot Stuff, but Is It Really Green?
A report from the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) says, "The heat continuously flowing from the Earth'?s interior is estimated to be equivalent to 42 million megawatts of power" -- that is, enough to meet the power needs of all the homes on earth more than 100 times over.
Geothermal Project to Tap into Volcano for Energy Production
According to USA Today, Seattle-based geothermal energy developer AltaRock Energy is planning on pumping 24 million gallons of water into Newberry Volcano, a dormant volcano near Bend, Ore., this summer. The project looks to tap into a new green energy source with the hopes that the water will return to the surface hot enough to generate energy.
U.S. Geothermal Updates Status of New San Emidio Power Plant
BOISE, IDAHO-- - U.S. Geothermal Inc. , a leading renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced that power plant commissioning ...
Newberry Volcano: Geothermal Energy Advocates In Oregon Have High Hopes
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise.
EDC bags 4 geothermal projects in Chile, Peru
The countryâÂÂs biggest geothermal energy producer on Friday said it is taking over four geothermal projects in Chile and Peru.
'To build geothermal in a big way requires new technology'
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise.
Accelerating Geothermal Growth Through DOE Initiatives
The U.S. geothermal power industry is poised for a bit more rapid growth now that the U.S. Department of Energy's geothermal development program is maturing with demonstration-stage pilots. This acceleration of growth also will be spurred on by an increasing number of municipalities and utilities that are turning to geothermal as an alternative energy option for either renewable mandate or ...
Dormant Oregon volcano a test site for geothermal power
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise.
Controversial plan taps volcano heat for green energy
Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 91 million litres of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this year to demonstrate new technology they hope will boost a green energy sector yet to live up to its promise.They...
