Geothermal Resource Articles & Analysis
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The Cascade mountain range in the Northwest U.S. holds significant, undeveloped geothermal energy potential. AltaRock Energy is working with Washington State geologists to explore the region’s hydrothermal resources using Play Fairway Analysis, a modified petroleum industry exploration methodology. This project uses geomechnical modeling along with ...
Magmatic regions hold significant high temperature geothermal resources at reasonably shallow depths around the world. The DEEPEN project, a consortium of industrial, academic, and national laboratory partners from Iceland, United States, Norway, Germany and Switzerland,will benchmark and improve exploration techniques and modelling methods to identify and ...
A few more benefits for geothermal energy: it’s an inexhaustible energy source that’s emission free. ...
For decades, everything we’ve known about geothermal potential has been modelled on a map that shows available resources in some parts of the world, but not others. We need to change that mindset and make people aware that we’re standing on vast resources of geothermal heat, wherever we are in the world. When it ...
I was interviewed recently by Patrick Hanson of Geo Energy Marketing, an organisation in the US that seeks to tell the stories of innovative businesses within the geothermal space. Read the interview below for a closer insight into why Strada chose to focus on geothermal technology, the mission that drives our company and why we believe ...
Companies and governments commissioning geothermal projects want to see a pilot. They want to see de-risked technology driven successfully, in action and in the field. By demonstrating our ability to deploy our technology successfully on initial projects, we anticipate moving quickly into more significant projects in ultra deep geothermal wells during 2021. At ...
After all, geothermal energy has practically unlimited potential and could theoretically power our entire planet. ...
We need a stable, constant energy source that doesn’t harm our planet. Geothermal energy generation is clean, renewable and cost-effective over the long term, and the world has vast, untapped geothermal resources. ...
In the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., geothermal resources of the Cascades Range are largely undeveloped. The challenge of finding and developing geothermal resources in the Cascades is related to the complexity of crustal deformation in this region, as well as dense vegetation, glacial veneers, and extreme precipitation ...
In 2008 AltaRock Energy made an agreement with Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) to explore the potential for developing geothermal projects on 667,000 acres of land in California, Oregon, and Washington. After 3 years of exploration and evaluation, AltaRock exercised its option to lease the geothermal right to approximately 45,000 acres of the land with the best ...
This will be the first TEG developed specifically to generate electricity from a geothermal resource with the goal of making renewable geothermal electricity more competitive in the marketplace. This project will not only prove the feasibility of using TEG materials with a geothermal resource but also develop how ...
AltaRock is working with HotRock Energy Research Organization (HERO), the CTUIR, and the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) to look at the geothermal resource potential of the UIR. We’ll determine whether a viable resource exists by studying the structural geology, rock outcrops, stratigraphy, and other signs of ...
The volcano was identified as a potential site for geothermal energy development several decades ago, and geothermal exploration began in the 1970s. Although geothermal resources were identified inside the caldera, resistance to industrial development led to creation of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument (NNVM) in 1990 and ...
Photo by Σ64 (Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons) “This is big news for many geothermal people around the world,” says Kasumi Yasukawa, principal research manager at the Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment in Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. ...
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” In particular, it claims a method for removal and inhibition of elemental sulfur deposits in geothermal utility cooling water systems. Foreign patents covering other countries with important geothermal resources have also previously issued or are pending. The sulfur fouling problem Geothermal energy production is an ...
This energy can be found in shallow ground and in the hot water and hot rock located a few miles beneath the earth’s surface. Geothermal energy is clean, sustainable and available 24 hours a day. Tapping into this resource to heat and cool buildings requires geothermal systems, which include a heat pump, an air delivery system and a heat ...
But unlike the relative ease of measuring wind speed and solar radiation, test-drilling to assess deep heat resources prior to building a geothermal power plant is uncertain and costly. ...
Wind energy systems can be used to tap wind power to use in various applications, turbines, water pumps, ice makers, operating telecommunication sites, and more. Geothermal energy Geothermal resources have higher dependency value and are available 24/7. They can be readily accessed from the earth’s interior to generate heat for direct ...
By addressing barriers such as pricing distortions and resource-exploration risks, the country has begun to create a favorable climate for geothermal investment. The History of Geothermal Power in Indonesia Indonesia holds the world’s largest source of geothermal power, with an estimated potential of 27 GW. ...
The Philippines has very little fossil fuel resources, but is blessed with abundant renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, biomass, ocean, small hydro and geothermal. ...