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
Hydropower, Biomass Groups Say Jobs to Be Lost Without Tax Break
Hydropower, biomass and geothermal energy groups urged Congress to extend a tax credit that will expire next year, joining the solar and wind industries in saying jobs will be lost without renewable-energy subsidies.
Research and Markets: Analyzing the US Renewable Energy Market: a comprehensive databook
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analyzing the US Renewable Energy Market" subscriptio
RenuEn Corporation Announces New Stock Symbol - "RENU"
NEW YORK, NY-- - RenuEn Corporation , a rapidly expanding renewable energy roll up company focused on solar, wind and geothermal energy solutions for the residential, commercial and government marketplace, ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The next 'revolution' for Nicaragua: energy independence
Oil dependent Nicaragua is battling high energy costs and trying to build a sustainable economy by focusing on wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal.
Trouble in Paradise: How a Caribbean Experiment in Geothermal Went Awry
Beneath the surface of Nevis there's something that could put this palm-fringed paradise on the map in a big way: heat -- and plenty of it
