All Posts Tagged With: "geothermal energy"

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New Google Map Reveals U.S. Geothermal Resources 10 Times Greater Than Coal

“Our study assumes that we tap only a small fraction of the available stored heat in the Earth’s crust, and our capabilities to capture that heat are expected to grow substantially as we improve upon the energy conversion and exploitation factors through technological advances and improved techniques.”

1Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Tech Watch —
Waste Heat Recovery Could Green Dying Oil Fields

Israeli geothermal energy company Ormat is soaking up excess energy from a Wyoming oil field, and the process has the potential to extract electricity from normally wasted oilfield drilling fluids. It might also have an application in tar sands development and even spent natural gas wells.

6Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Market Update —
Installed Base of Geothermal Power Nearly Doubles

New projects launched in 2009 increased by 46% over the previous year, and the U.S. continues to lead the world in online geothermal energy. Geothermal electric power generation is occurring in eight U.S. states: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and WYOMING.

7Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Riverton’s U.S. Energy Corp. Launches
Geothermal Drilling Program

“Increasingly aggressive state and federal targets for renewable energy generation are resulting in a growing governmental commitment to geothermal energy development,” commented the company’s CEO, Keith Larsen.

1Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Why Not Geothermal Energy as Base Load Power?

The Earth Policy Institute thinks geothermal energy can become an economic substitute to provide base load energy. They say the “heat energy in the uppermost six miles of the planet’s crust is 50.000 times greater than the energy content of all oil and natural gas resources.”

17Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued