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GEA releases yearly industry update
In Washington, D.C., the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) says that new developments and pioneering technology are helping spread geothermal energy throughout the U.S. The details are included in the association’s yearly update on the geothermal industry. The Annual GEA U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Report shows that in 2011, the geothermal industry is producing [...]
CO2 demonstration project underway
In Arizona, Utah’s GreenFire Energy has begun work to demonstrate a process that would use CO2 in harnessing geothermal energy. The process also has the potential for carbon sequestration and reduced water consumption in the use of geothermal power. Further, supercritical CO2 may actually be a better geothermal fluid than water in key ways. Studies [...]
NWF produces guide to on-campus geothermal
In Virginia, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has released a report that finds that college campuses save from 50-75% for ground-source heat pumps and 30-40% for earth-sheltered buildings over conventional heating and cooling systems on campus. The report titled “Going Underground On Campus: Tapping the Earth for Clean, Efficient Sources of Heating and Cooling” [...]
Research shows cities could tap their own residual heat
In Canada, researchers have found that the extra heat stored in groundwater beneath cities could provide enough geothermal energy to heat urban homes. “In most cities, with a variety of populations and climates, the large amount of geothermal energy stored in the urban local subsurface is capable of fulfilling the annual space-heating demand for years [...]
Geothermal gaining on other renewables
In Colorado, a new report from Pike Research says that geothermal energy’s overall market share will rise at the expense of wind and solar energy. However, the technology will still represent only a small fraction of the overall energy market. Today, more than 10.7 GW of geothermal power capacity is online across 26 countries with [...]
Setting a carbon price would create jobs and boost investment
In Australia, a report by the Climate Institute says that a substantial carbon price aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020, backed by renewable energy policies, could help create 34,000 jobs in regional Australia. The research says the move would trigger the flow of tens of billions of dollars of investment in [...]
Research focus shifted as geothermal drilling taps magma
In Iceland, a $5 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, intended to tap the heat from the country’s Krafla, got more than it bargained for. Drilling, intended to reach 15,000 ft, hit magma at 6,900 ft, forcing a stop to the drilling. The research team studied [...]
Asia-Pacific geothermal market growth pegged at 17%
In New York, a new report from Global Business Intelligence finds that the Asia-Pacific is global leader in terms of geothermal power generation and will continue to be the same. The report, “Geothermal Power Market in the Asia-Pacific to 2020 – South-East Asia Key Region for Geothermal Growth”, gives an in-depth analysis of the geothermal [...]
Report predicts geothermal power growth for the Americas
In New York, new research from GBI Research finds that Central America has huge potential for geothermal power generation. For the time being, only a few countries in the region, such as Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala, are currently using the resource. The report expects that cumulative installed capacity for geothermal power [...]
Green economy growing jobs fastest, with GT leading the way
In California, the “Many Shades of Green” report finds that the growth of green jobs has far outpaced the rest of the job market in California, with energy generation and green consulting jobs being the North Coast’s dominant market. It is the second edition of the report and was commissioned by Next 10, an organization [...]
