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IID parcels hold energy, revenue and jobs potential
In California, a study known as the Summit Blue report says that land owned in part or wholly by Imperial Irrigation District could realize as much as $2 billion in annual revenue if geothermal energy resources prove out. The report states that the Salton Sea area may hold a capacity of nearly 2,500 MW and [...]
Chile set off microquakes in CA geothermal field
In California, researchers say that a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile last year may have set off a swarm of microquakes in the Coso Geothermal Field, located in east central California. The researchers, led by Zhigang Peng of the Georgia Institute of Technology, said the quakes in California started six hours after the quake in [...]
NREL at work on energy plan for CNMI
In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory will be providing a report on the renewable energy options for the islands, including geothermal, solar, wind, or hydrokinetic. Gov. Benigno R. Fitial has said he prefers hydrokinetic – energy drawn from tidal activity – and geothermal options. This month, [...]
Renewables account for nearly 11% of U.S. electricity
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that renewable energy accounted for 11% of primary energy production during the first nine months of 2010. Among the renewable energy sources, geothermal ranked only above solar at 4.65%. Biomass and biofuels accounted for over half at 51.95%, hydropower for 31.5%, wind for 10.52%, and solar, [...]
Geothermal power and heat pump market growth at 14%
In Texas, a new report from MarketsandMarkets states that the global geothermal energy market, including power generation and ground source, is expected to grow from 61,200 MW in 2010 to 120,300 MW in 2015 in terms of installed capacity at an estimated CAGR of 14%. By region, the report says that Europe leads the geothermal [...]
Hawaiian magma found to be close to the surface
In Ohio, researchers from Ohio State University say that the magma chamber that forms the Hawaiian Island chain say the molten rock lies much closer to the surface than previously thought. They say the discovery could help in predicting when Hawaiian volcanoes may erupt, and also suggests Hawaii has huge potential for geothermal energy production. [...]
$2.3 trillion could go to clean power by 2020
In Washington, D.C., a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says that private investments in G-20 (20 top world economies) clean power projects could total $2.3 trillion by the end of the decade. The report, titled Global Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity, says that massive energy demand and strong clean energy policies will drive [...]
Report maps federal role in energy system transformation
In Washington D.C., a report on the country’s energy challenges by the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) says that the United States should craft a government-wide Federal energy policy and update it regularly with strategic Quadrennial Reviews similar to those produced regularly by the Department of Defense. The report, Accelerating the [...]
Research predicts 19,016 GT MW in 2015
In England, ABS Energy Research finds that geothermal capacity will grow by 78% from 10,711 MW at the end of 2009 to 19,016 MW in 2015. Growth markets will be the three biggest geothermal countries: the USA, the Philippines and Indonesia. The total number of countries generating electricity from geothermal is expected to rise from [...]
Wastewater to be tested as GT source
In Illinois, two University of Illinois at Chicago engineers will test two types of heat pump at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago’s James C. Kirie plant in Des Plaines, Ill. The project “will determine the feasibility of harnessing energy from the effluent water,” Sohail Murad, professor and head of chemical engineering at [...]
