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DOE Loans to Make Nevada the “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy” | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

Michael — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:31:38 +0000

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DOE Loans to Make Nevada the “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy” | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World.

Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy” (hardware.slashdot.org)
Geothermal Plant Gets Funding (technologyreview.com)
Nevada Geothermal Power’s Faulkner 1 Geothermal Development will be First to Access a Loan Guarantee Under the Department of Energy’s Financial Institution Partnership Program (eon.businesswire.com)
CanGEA Celebrates Monumental Step in Membership and Hosts Canada’s Largest Geothermal Energy Conference and Trade Show (newswire.ca)
Idaho geothermal company closer to $102M loan (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Energy Dept. doles out massive sums to carbon capture, geothermal projects (green.venturebeat.com)
Your Top Geothermal Schools (jcwinnie.biz)
Vetter Investment Will Enhance Strategic Partnership (eon.businesswire.com)
Ram Power acquisition drives US geothermal consolidation (businessgreen.com)
DoE pumps fresh funds into geothermal and CCS (businessgreen.com)

Abandoned Mineshafts Give Up New Riches

Michael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:36:51 +0000

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Mines Could Provide Geothermal Energy. In Spain, where geothermal is yet to be exploited to any level, two engineers have published research that details how much energy could be obtained from these disused structures.

Mines Could Provide Geothermal Energy (innovationtoronto.com)
Cheaper Geothermal (technologyreview.com)
Huge Geothermal Power Project Could Cause Quakes (treehugger.com)
Geothermal Industry Applauds President Obama?s Announcement, Says Stimulus Funds Will Help Spur Economic Recovery (ecofriendlymag.com)
Even the U.K. is doing enhanced geo: Where?s Canada? (lightbulbs.org)
Cameron promises to dig deep for geothermal power incentives (businessgreen.com)
$467 Million in Stimulus Money Released for Solar Power & Geothermal (treehugger.com)
New Geothermal Heat Extraction Process To Deliver Clean Power Generation (innovationtoronto.com)
New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (scienceblog.com)
Magma debut may top $100-million (financialpost.com)

Wind better than ethanol in new study

Michael — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:15:30 +0000

A good round up on the pros and cons of the various alternative energy solutions.

Good news for wind, bad for ethanol in major energy study.

Geothermal heat pumps could be a source of power

Michael — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:31:32 +0000

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Any heat below the ground is considered geothermal, anywhere, so really all one needs to get at it is a pump. Imagine every home has a pipe going down into the ground, and a pump to bring up the heat.

How Geothermal Heat Pumps Could Power the Future | LiveScience.