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Geothermal Energy News & Events
Geothermal is going and blowing, there isn't a big hold-up to it. The potential of the resource could potentially be up in the double digits of our total national generating capacity. That means 10, 15 to 20 percent, of U.S. generating capacity. Alexander Karsner, EERE 2007
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Geothermal Resources Council Educational Events
Check this page for field trips and geothermal workshops. The GRC holds special meetings, workshops, conferences and courses on geothermal exploration, development and utilization. Specific topics have included: drilling, economics, environmental aspects, financing, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, heat pumps, legal aspects, management, non-electric uses and reservoir engineering. The GRC also periodically schedules a basic introductory course on geothermal energy.
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Recovery Act Targets $350 Million for Geothermal Energy May 2009
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act will expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal energy throughout the United States.
Geothermal Energy Utilization 2008 Conference Presentations June 2008
The Geothermal Energy Utilization Associated with Oil & Gas Conference was held on June 17-18, 2008. Finding the specific resource continues to be the most difficult part of geothermal development, and this year's conference was an important step in the direction of geothermal projects. BLM and Forest Service Consider Large-Scale Geothermal Leasing June 2008
In an effort to encourage appropriate geothermal energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service have prepared a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for geothermal leasing in the West, including Alaska.
The Heat Beneath Your Feet March 2008
The Department of Energy takes its first step toward clean, renewable energy from the earth.
DOE and Partners Test Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technologies February 2008
DOE has embarked on a project with a number of partners to test Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technologies at a commercial geothermal power facility near Reno, Nevada. EGS technology enhances the permeability of underground strata, typically by injecting water into the strata at high pressure. The concept was initially developed to create geothermal reservoirs in hot underground strata where no water existed-a technology called "hot dry rock"-but has since been extended as a means of enhancing the performance of existing geothermal reservoirs. Under the DOE project, EGS technology will be tested in a well at the 11-megawatt Desert Peak facility, which is owned by Ormat Technologies, Inc. The well is currently not able to produce commercially useful quantities of hot geothermal fluid, but with the help of EGS, the site is thought to have the potential to produce 50 megawatts of power or more.
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