Tag geothermal energy

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…

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…

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,…

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…