geothermal water 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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New category of geothermal heat pumps can now earn the Energy Star
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing new requirements for residential geothermal heat pumps (GHPs), enabling water-to-water geothermal heat pumps to earn the Energy Star label for the first time. EPA’s stringent specifications for this new category of geothermal heat pumps will help protect the environment and reduce energy costs, because GHPs that meet the new standards will be ...
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National Geothermal Data System Deployed to Serve Industry
The National Geothermal Data System deploys free, open-source online scientific information, a mammoth resource of geoscience data. In the data visualization shown here, Schlumberger utilized bottom hole temperatures from the National Geothermal Data Systems (NDGS) on-line platform to supplement subscription data temperatures used to create basin-wide 3D temperature models in Petrel Exploration ...
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Webinar. Promoting transparency on energy costs: heating & cooling solutions
Industry players from the Renewable Heating and Cooling sector (bioenergy, geothermal, solar thermal, air-source/water based/geothermal heat pumps) are invited to participate in an online workshop with the following topics: Levelised costs of heating and cooling: a new common approach Acquiring a heating and cooling system: Key decision factors in five European countries Comparing solutions: ...
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Hollett Takes on Renewable Power
Doug Hollett, director of the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), was promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary, Renewable Power for the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in December, assuming responsibility for the Solar, Wind and Water, Geothermal, and Grid programs within EERE. Hollett directed the GTO for three years, providing both technical and ...
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Geothermal Installation Showcased by MassCEC
Recently, one of our installations was showcased by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center as a geothermal success story. Before Geothermal Installation: The 3700 square foot home had an oil boiler, two hydro-air units, and two air conditioning condensers. Despite having the air conditioning evaluated by several HVAC companies, it never worked properly. Between 1997 and 2016, the average oil ...
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Two-day Geothermal Geochemistry Workshop Announced by GRC
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) and the California Geothermal Energy Collaborative (CGEC) will hold a two-day geothermal workshop to be held at the University of California, Davis, on July 19-20, 2012. Titled “Recent Advances in Geothermal Geochemistry”, the workshop will interest professionals in the geothermal industry and graduate students interested in geothermal systems. ...
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Best Geothermal Energy Presentations of 2014 Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding technical presentations from the global geothermal community for 2014. The selections were made in each of the GRC Technical Sessions held in late September/early October at the 38th GRC Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA, the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event. The judging criteria included the technical ...
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Green transition Scoreboard(TM) tops $1.6 trillion in 2010
The GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD™ from ETHICAL MARKETS, the independent global multi-media company, tracks total private investment in companies growing the green economy since 2007. The mid-2010 update shows a rise to $1,646,719,228,993 from $1.24 trillion at the end of December 2009. The report was released today by founder-CEO HAZEL HENDERSON, D.Sc.Hon, FRSA, futurist and author of ...
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Green Transition Scoreboard tops US$1.6 trillion in 2010
The GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD from ETHICAL MARKETS, the independent global multi-media company, tracks total private investment in companies growing the green economy since 2007. The mid-2010 update shows a rise to US$1,646,719,228,993 from US$1.24 trillion at the end of December 2009. The report was released today by founder-CEO HAZEL HENDERSON, D.Sc.Hon, FRSA, futurist and author of Ethical ...
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Best Geothermal Energy Presentations of 2015 Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding technical presentations from the global geothermal community for 2015. The selections were made in each of the GRC Technical Sessions held in late September at the 39th GRC Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, USA, the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event. The judging criteria included the technical content, the ...
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Powerful Well Cleaning Treatment, BoreSaver, Launched in Canada
BoreSaver, the NSF certified well cleaning treatments used in over fourteen countries worldwide, has launched in Canada, following its successful entry into the North American market two years ago. A recent article in Groundwater Canada highlights the effectiveness of BoreSaver and its long term benefits for systems suffering from iron oxide and iron bacteria contamination. BoreSaver is a ...
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President Obama announces US$467m in funding for geothermal and solar energy projects
President Obama has announced over US$467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy throughout the United States. The funding announced this week represents a substantial down payment that will help the solar and geothermal industries overcome technical barriers, demonstrate new ...
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Non-domestic RHI events and roadshows
The non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme is for commercial, industrial, public and not for profit sectors as well as multiple homes (including District Heating) who want to install renewable heating systems in their buildings in England, Wales and Scotland. The RHI is the world’s first long term financial support programme for renewable heat. It is designed to bridge the gap ...
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Geothermal: the dark horse of renewable energy
Geothermal energy is clean, quiet, virtually inexhaustible and able meet the world’s annual electricity and heating needs many times over with little impact on the climate or the environment. In many jurisdictions, geothermal energy is emerging as a reliable and affordable alternative to fossil fuels. This fourth article in the GLOBE-Net series on renewable energy discusses the dark horse of ...
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Best Geothermal Energy Presentations of 2017 Announced
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding technical presentations from the global geothermal energy community for 2017. The selections were made in each of the GRC Technical Sessions held in early October at the 41st GRC Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the world’s largest annual geothermal energy event. The judging criteria included the technical ...
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Eurosolar call: Our future needs renewable energies and not a nuclear arms race
In its meeting on 14 May 2020, the EUROSOLAR International Board unanimously issued the following statement: Almost two trillion US dollars are spent on armaments worldwide every year. The current crisis demonstrates more urgently than ever that our financial resources are needed elsewhere: To build resilient global and local economies founded on 100 % renewable energy. Instead of pursuing ...
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US and Australian advanced geothermal projects face setbacks
Efforts to develop and commercialize a new type of geothermal energy, called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), are facing technical setbacks in both the United States and Australia. EGS involves injecting water at high pressure into deep, hot rock formations to fracture the rock, creating either a new geothermal reservoir of hot water embedded in hot rock or expanding an existing geothermal ...
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Euro MPs urged to drop EU biofuels targets
As the European Parliament is preparing for a crucial vote on a new European law for renewable energy tomorrow, international environment organisations are calling on MEPs to vote against proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The groups argue that the widespread use of biofuels will do more harm than good and must not distract from the successful development of clean energy. ...
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Ameresco Expands Presence in South Florida with Miami-Dade Public Housing and Community Development Energy Performance Contract
Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today it has been awarded an energy performance contract with Miami-Dade County through the Public Housing and Community Development Department (MDPHCD). Ameresco will perform a comprehensive facility-wide audit of energy and water usage and then provide ...
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