All Posts Tagged With: "geothermal energy"

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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
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Geothermal Energy Development Gathering Steam

An unusual combination of economic and environmental forces have created a “perfect storm” that could help geothermal shed its back-seat status to its renewable cousins wind and solar energy, according to experts.

8Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued