Geothermal energy news articles 
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]
Mortenson builds 100th wind project in southeast Iowa
Since entering the renewable energy market in 1995, Mortenson has erected nearly 7,000 wind turbines that generate approximately 11,000 megawatts of power in 27 states and provinces throughout North America. Mortenson also constructs solar power, geothermal and hydroelectric facilities and is a leading provider of transmission and distribution infrastructure. Mortenson's Renewable Energy Groups has announced it is building 11 new wind projects... [more]
Other Geothermal energy news and reviews
Continental Buys First Stake in a Geothermal Energy Project
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Energy Corporation (CPPXF.OB) (the "Company" or "Continental") an emerging international energy company operating in ...
Hawaii bills aim to reduce oil use, energy costs
Legislation before Hawaii's governor could expand geothermal energy production across the state.
Geothermal Leader Finding it Tough to Capitalize
Geology made Nevada a key player in the world of geothermal energy, in which heat from the Earth's core is recovered as steam or hot water and used to generate electricity.
Hawaii Geothermal Energy Bills Aim To Reduce Oil Use, Energy Costs
HONOLULU (AP) — Legislation before Hawaii's governor could expand geothermal energy production across the state.
Low-Temperature Geothermal: Digging for Its Vast Opportunity
The geothermal industry recognizes the need for innovation. Halley Dickey of TAS Energy, Karl Gawell of GEA (Geothermal Energy Association), and Doug Glaspey of U.S. Geothermal Inc. expressed the crucial importance of research and development in the geothermal industry during a conference call last month. Most experts have their sights set on the vast potential of and innovative use of low ...
Geothermal drilling voted down; non-invasive testing, analysis approved
The state's effort to move forward on geothermal explorations and drilling on the Big Island hit a snag on Thursday. The state Environmental Council voted down environmental exemptions for exploration drilling. But, proponents of geothermal energy are still hopeful for other options. On the Big Island, Puna Geothermal Venture's plant produces 20 percent of the island's energy needs. The state ...
Geothermal System to Cut Energy Usage by Half
By the time a geothermal energy project at Missouri University of Science and Technology is completed in 2014, the campus's annual energy use will be cut in half and its carbon footprint reduced by 25,000 metric tons per year.
EGS Takes Geothermal Global
As ancient as the earth itself, unharnessed geothermal energy most often bubbles to the surface in geological hot spots long known for geysers and naturally-boiling mud pots.
Geothermal Energy Growing in 2012
The prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane and electricity continue to rise, leaving more municipalities open to the idea of natural climate control methods. One method gaining considerable attention is geothermal heating and cooling. It's energy efficient, clean and now becoming cheap when weighed against traditional counterparts.
Environmental exemptions for geothermal energy near final approval
Unlike wind or solar, geothermal energy located deep below the earth's surface is always on. But companies will often shy away from exploring new geothermal sites in Hawaii because of the state's strict environmental regulations, which cost both time and money. On Thursday, a subcommittee of the state Environmental Council heard from potential geothermal developers about why the State Land ...
