geothermal application News
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New Studies Aid in Optimizing Water Use in Geothermal Applications
Three key reports from the Energy Department address water impacts in geothermal energy production. Two recently issued studies, produced by Argonne National Laboratory for the Department's Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), highlight methods for economizing water use in geothermal applications. These reports complement a Department-wide report released in June that assesses water usage in ...
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2015 Geothermal Resources Council Scholarships Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2015 GRC Scholarship Awards. To qualify for one of these awards a student must be a GRC member (student memberships are only $5 per year) as well as a student in an accredited ...
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2016 Geothermal Resources Council Scholarships Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2016 GRC Scholarship Awards. To qualify for one of these awards a student must be a GRC member (student memberships are only $5 per year) as well as be a student in an accredited ...
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2014 Geothermal Resources Council Scholarships Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2014 GRC Scholarship Awards. At the GRC Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, GRC President Louis Capuano announced that due to the success of the inaugural award the total amount awarded ...
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NREL Releases Report on Policy Options to Advance Geothermal Exploration
A new DOE report, published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, highlights findings from a review of five policy mechanisms that have been successfully applied to hydrothermal exploration activities around the globe – loan guarantees, drilling failure insurance, lending support, grants, and government-led exploration—and their applicability to the U.S. geothermal market. A ...
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Massachusetts Homeowners Earn Cash Back with Geothermal
Massachusetts Homeowners Can Earn Alternative Energy Credits with a Geothermal System Massachusetts has a little-known program that offers cash back to homeowners who install geothermal heating systems. All geothermal systems installed in Massachusetts are eligible to earn Alternative Energy Credits (AECs) through the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER). If the heating ...
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Best Geothermal Presentations of 2012 Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding presentations from the global geothermal community for 2012. The judging was made in each of the technical sessions held in early October at the 36th GRC Annual Meeting inReno, the world’s largest annual geothermal event. The judging criteria included the technical content, the quality of the visual aids and the ...
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Vermeer Midwest Opens New, Larger Facility in Goodfield, Illinois
It had been more than 35 years since the Junior Kool family opened the first Vermeer Midwest location in Eureka, Ill., so expanding the dealership’s original facility — built by Kool in 1976 — was imminent. “The simple fact is that we had outgrown our Eureka facility,” says Steve Kool. “It reached a point where we had people on top of people and the limited ...
By Vermeer
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20% renewable energy by 2020
The European Union has set itself the goal of raising the share of renewable energy sources in the final energy consumption of the Union from 8.5% in 2005 to 20% in 2020. This is an ambitious objective, but it is a necessary contribution to the global fight against climate change and towards better control over our energy dependence. Governments have a crucial role to play through their good ...
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ENGIE Solutions is the geothermal innovator of the year with the multidrains boreholes
This year the winner of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2021 is ENGIE Solutions with its innovative multidrains boreholes well architecture. This project, developed by ENGIE Solutions and built with Antea Group and other partners, can almost double the productivity of a geothermal reservoir. The multidrains technology has been designed for a new geothermal district ...
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Tunisia increasing export of geothermally grown tomatoes
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 ...
By Agrikol
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Energy Department Hosts FORGE Webinar and Resource Reporting Methodology Workshop at the Upcoming National Geothermal Summit, August 4-5
Next week, at the Geothermal Energy Association’s (GEA) National Geothermal Summit in Reno, Nevada, the Energy Department invites the geothermal community to participate in the following two meetings prior to the official start of the GEA Summit: U.S. Reporting Methodologies for Geothermal Energy Monday, August 4, 2014 3:00 – 5:30 PM MT Room 9/10, Grand Sierra Resort Reno, Nevada ...
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Geothermal Resources Council Announces Scholarships
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the availability of two (2) $USD 2,500 GRC Scholarship Awards. Selection of recipients will be based upon a variety of factors, including the individual’s academic record, student activities, ...
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Geothermal Heat Pump Installations Represent 1% of Heating and Cooling Market
Global Information, Inc. presents a new market research report, "Geothermal Heat Pumps and Direct Use" by Pike Research. Direct use of geothermal, primarily heat pumps, is on the rise as demand for electricity expands worldwide and energy prices increase. Geothermal heat pumps provide an efficient and reliable option for residential commercial and institutional building owners by exploiting ...
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Media invited to geothermal energy symposium
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Geothermal Laboratory, invite members of the media to attend the two-day “Geothermal in the Oil Field” symposium in Casper, Wyo., Aug. 18-19, 2010. This ...
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Use of Variable Speed Drive in Fans, Pumps and Air Compressor
Variable Speed Drives have become the prominent motor tools when it comes to optimise the speed of HVAC equipment. Variable speed drives are ideal and effective to control the connected load speed, ramping up and down the motor speeds, thereby limiting the energy usage and improving the performance and durability of the equipment. Owing to this benefit, there are several ...
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New centre makes geothermal cities a hot prospect
The Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCOE) is a joint venture between CSIRO and The University of Western Australia, in conjunction with Curtin University of Technology, and supported by the WA State Government. The Centre brings together researchers, industry, investors and government agencies to investigate how geothermal energy can be used to provide modern cities with ...
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Opportunities for geothermal energy: New method reveals past underground temperatures
Rocks store information about the temperatures that they have experienced. Wageningen University researchers and international colleagues are the first to develop a method that reveals low-temperature information (from 35 °C and higher) on a relatively short timescale of thousands of years. The new method might find application in locating geothermal reservoirs and in maintaining underground ...
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Up to $1.15 Million Available to Small Businesses for New Products or Technologies that Expand Geothermal Markets
The Energy Department announced funds targeted to small businesses in two separate geothermal subtopics: a) innovations to develop under-utilized markets and b) a technology transfer opportunity for coproduced geothermal resources. An informative webinar will cover the geothermal topic on Friday, November 7, at 1:30 pm. The first of these categories focuses on innovative products or technologies ...
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Plastic Dielectric Films For The Capacitor Industry: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2013-2018
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Plastic Dielectric Films For The Capacitor Industry: World Markets, Technologies & Opportunities: 2013-2018 ...
By ReportLinker
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