The Geothermal Energy Association lists the top nine geothermal cities. Three are in the US; Reno, Klamath Falls, and Boise.
Reno Nevada is listed third. The current home of the GEA’s Geothermal Energy Expo and GRC Annual Meetings also features the Steamboat complex, operated by Ormat Technologies. The facility provides power to the city. City and [...]
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Top geothermal cities
Geothermal energy in Iceland
Iceland stills live off geothermal. At least their economic crash didn’t affect the geothermal. The US has huge amounts of untapped geothermal, we just have to use it.
Department of Energy awards $338 million in grants for geothermal energy
These grants will support 123 projects in 39 states, with recipients including private industry, academic institutions, tribal entities, local governments, and DOE’s National Laboratories. The grants will be matched more than one-for-one with an additional $353 million in private and non-Federal cost-share funds.
The US has huge geothermal resources. The grant money will be used [...]
Shoshone Nation building geothermal plants
Alternative Energy embodies the Tribal directive: “To Renew and Sustain.” Shoshone Energy has become a national leader in renewable energy, with an emphasis on geothermal energy, developing hundreds of megawatts in geothermal energy (one of the greenest and most permanent sources), as well as solar, wind and biomass.
Geothermal Digest has more.
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Soybean oil blend works well as fuel for home furnaces
A blend of degummed soybean oil and No. 2 fuel oil can be used as an alternative heating fuel and reduce sulfur emissions, according to a Purdue University scientist.
Reno casino bets on geothermal heat
The Peppermill Resort Casino in Reno has drilled to 4,400 feet down to [...]
Geothermal update video from Raser Tech
Raser Tech is expanding and tweaking their existing geothermal plant in Utah. The video explains what they’re doing and how geothermal works.
They are also active in waste heat to energy and recently unveiled a 100+ mpg plug-in Hummer they claim could be more green than a Prius! Definitely an innovative company, and one to keep [...]
UK’s first geothermal plant will power theme park
Ecogeek brings news of the Eden Project, a green theme park in Cornwall with the world’s largest greenhouse, will be entirely powered by geothermal. What’s more, the they estimate there is enough geothermal power under Cornwall to power 10% of UK homes.
Geothermal, the ‘undervalued’ renewable resource, sees surging interest
NYT profiles the about-to-boom geothermal industry. Unlike wind and solar, geothermal power is steady, and California and Nevada have prodigious amounts of it. Also, many abandoned oil and gas wells could be used to product geothermal.
Ormat is a key company here. Unlike many renewable energy firms, they are already profitable and established.
Abandoned flooded mines heat homes
The Mine Water Project is Holland just opened the first minewater power station. It uses warm water from flooded mines to heat homes. They plan to show it is “economically viable and environmentally sound to extract geothermal energy from the water in former and closed mines on a large scale.”
Germany gets it about renewable energy
New legislation in Germany is making geothermal electricity a viable option for the first time. Germany’s support of solar energy, mostly in the form of incentives and high return for consumers who sell excess solar power back to the grid, has made it a world powerhouse in solar energy generation and solar panel manufacturing. Now [...]
Geothermal with cool rocks
While most geothermal power plants are located on extremely hot geothermal wells, Raser (RZ) is looking to capitalize on low- and medium-temperature sites.
New technology allows them to use these lower temperature sites to create electricity with no emissions, and there are way more lower temperature sites than higher temperature.
