Geothermal News

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested approval of five energy storage projects totaling 423 megawatts (MW), in a filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The projects are intended to further integrate clean energy from renewable generation sources while ensuring future reliability of the electric system. "PG&E is deeply committed to the California ...

May 20, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Lars Tveen, President of Danfoss Heating Segment, underlines the importance of connecting the dots to enable climate leadership at all levels. Please note that this article was originally published by Open Access Government, here We are running out of time to ...

Jan. 9, 2020

By Euroheat & Power

Hydro, solar, and wind energy are now close to toppling the prime position of coal in America’s electric grid system. The speed at which wind and solar power are being generated, it is expected that by 2021 United States would receive more power from renewable energy as compared to coal, as per projections made by the Institute for Energy ...

Jan. 3, 2020

By CleanEnergyAuthority.com

Editor's Note:For years I've been asking myself why do we as a people (as in the government is us) invest major amounts in non-renewable, polluting, climate changing energy technologies while leaving table scraps for research and implementation of renewables? The answer, of course, is that unfortunately our government is not our government, not a government of the people, but a government of the ...

Jan. 1, 2020

By MapCruzin

Leading renewable associations urge policy makers to increase ambition REN Alliance Side Event on Renewable Technologies Working Together Madrid, 16 December 2019 – The leading global renewable energy industry associations have sent a clear signal to the UNFCCC negotiators about the crucial role of renewable energy technologies at the recently ...

Dec. 17, 2019

By World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

The World Wind Energy Association welcomes the presence of those more than 300 participants from 20 countries attending this Conference, from wind and all other renewable energy technologies. The Conference covered all aspects of the growth of wind utilisation and the related policies, science and technology, manufacturing, development, operation, integrated solutions, community involvement as ...

Nov. 28, 2019

By World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced that dozens of associations representing a broad array of interests are calling for an extension of the Section 48 and Section 25D Investment Tax Credit (ITC). More than 70 organizations representing farmers, homebuilders, environmental groups, electric cooperatives and a variety of other industries sent a letter to ...

Oct. 30, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The first MEET EU project Technical Workshop will be held on October 23rd 2019 in France at the Palais des Congrès d’Arcachon (near to Bordeaux). This technical workshop will be the time to present MEET achievement and exchange with experts and possible end-users on the first results of the project. You ...

Oct. 10, 2019

By Enogia SAS

100 percent green electricity at the entire exhibition center in Riem, Munich A saving of 6,400 tonnes of CO2 per year Messe München is a forerunner in matters of sustainability As from January 2020, Messe München is changing over completely to electricity that’s produced purely regeneratively and is thus taking a further step in carbon-neutral action. In ...

Oct. 9, 2019

By Messe München GmbH

The World Wind Energy Association and Global100RE welcome the presence of more than 400 international and domestic participants who attended this Conference from across the spectrum of renewable energy technologies.  We acknowledge and applaud with gratitude the opening address of the President of Pakistan, the Hon. Dr. Arif Alvi, in which he expressed his commitment to sustainability and ...

Oct. 1, 2019

By World Wind Energy Association (WWEA)

The North-African country of Tunisia likely does not come to mind if one thinks of geothermal energy and utilisation of geothermal resources. With its low enthalpy resources, the use of geothermal energy in Tunisia is limited to direct-applications located primarily in the southern part of the country. However, geothermal early crops in the governorate of Gabes, on the coast of the Mediterranean ...

Jul. 29, 2019

By Agrikol

The plan for the Hawaiian Electric Companies' largest-ever renewable energy push may now be viewed online at www.hawaiianelectric.com/competitivebidding.With the successful acquisition of a variety of clean energy technologies over the next five years, this ambitious ...

Jul. 18, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

We encourage you to download the paper “Inhibitor Performance on Carbon Steel in the Geothermal Environment of the Upper Rhine Graben (Central Europe) – a laboratory study”  https://www.kurita.eu/en/published-articles. This paper was ...

Jun. 17, 2019

By Kurita

Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the international discussion on raising climate action worldwide, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s global preparatory meeting for the United ...

Jun. 14, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The U.S. Department of Energy released a groundbreaking analysis detailing how the United States can benefit from the vast potential of geothermal energy. The analysis culminated in a report, GeoVision: Harnessing the Heat Beneath Our Feet, which summarizes findings showing that geothermal electricity generation could increase more than 26-fold from today reaching 60 gigawatts (GW) of ...

May 31, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The U.S. Department of Energy Announces $46 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants EERE Helps American Small ...

May 20, 2019

By GreenBlu

The Research Center for Energy Economics (FfE), today published a study on the Primary Energy Factor (PEF) for electricity and the corresponding CO2 Equivalent Emission Factor (CEEF) applicable to technologies coupling heat and electricity sectors. ...

Apr. 20, 2019

By COGEN Europe

With the planned closure of the coal-burning AES Hawaii power plant on Oahu and retirement of Maui’s oldest oil-fired plant within the next five years, the Hawaiian Electric Companies are beginning the second phase of an ambitious renewable resource procurement to continue the transition from fossil-fueled power generation to clean energy. The second phase will be open to all variable ...

Apr. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today. The annual increase of 7.9 per cent was bolstered by new additions from solar and wind energy, which accounted for 84 per cent of the growth. A third of global power capacity is ...

Apr. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

U.S. utility Duke Energy is deploying AI-supported drones across its growing solar plant fleet in its latest push to raise self-operating efficiency, Jeff Wehner, Vice President of Operations, Renewables at Duke Energy, told the Solar PV Operations USA 2018 conference. Facing intense power market competition, solar fleet operators are increasingly turning to drone technology to minimize ...

Nov. 21, 2018

By New Energy Update