Monday, March 26, 2007
Geothermal power is hot stuff
Geothermal power is hot stuff
Submitted by Jorge Sosa on March 16, 2007
George and Donna Pavelek love their renewable energy.
Since 2003, the couple have used a geothermal system to heat and cool their home. “I’m not into all this global warming (stuff) or anything,” Donna said. “It just made sense. We’re not radical by any means, just practical.”
Donna said four or five years ago, the cost-versus-payback equation on wind energy didn’t make sense for them. However, they expect their geothermal heating and cooling system to pay for itself in the next two or three years.
Read the full news report from here @ Hutchinson Leader
Submitted by Jorge Sosa on March 16, 2007
George and Donna Pavelek love their renewable energy.
Since 2003, the couple have used a geothermal system to heat and cool their home. “I’m not into all this global warming (stuff) or anything,” Donna said. “It just made sense. We’re not radical by any means, just practical.”
Donna said four or five years ago, the cost-versus-payback equation on wind energy didn’t make sense for them. However, they expect their geothermal heating and cooling system to pay for itself in the next two or three years.
Read the full news report from here @ Hutchinson Leader
Labels: case-studies, case-studies-geothermal, comparisons, geothermal, geothermal-usa
Improving Geothermal Plants - Promoting Geothermal Energy
Improving Geothermal Plants - Promoting Geothermal Energy
17 Mar 2007
In the debate over alternative energy resources, geothermal technology has received scant media attention. Advocates call it one of the cleanest, sustainable energy resources available. However, steep construction, equipment and drilling costs have prevented more widespread development of geothermal technology. An Ohio University hydrothermal systems expert Dina Lopez is working to change that.
The Pacific "Ring of Fire" provides some of the hottest spots on the planet for geothermal power. Because of this, Central America is a prime building area for geothermal power plants and draws researchers such as Lopez.
Read the full report here @ Tech News
17 Mar 2007
In the debate over alternative energy resources, geothermal technology has received scant media attention. Advocates call it one of the cleanest, sustainable energy resources available. However, steep construction, equipment and drilling costs have prevented more widespread development of geothermal technology. An Ohio University hydrothermal systems expert Dina Lopez is working to change that.
The Pacific "Ring of Fire" provides some of the hottest spots on the planet for geothermal power. Because of this, Central America is a prime building area for geothermal power plants and draws researchers such as Lopez.
Read the full report here @ Tech News
Labels: advocacy, advocacy-geothermal, geothermal, geothermal-research, geothermal-usa
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Making geothermal energy cheaper
Making geothermal energy cheaper
22 March 2007
The US Geothermal Resources Council has awarded the ‘best paper award’ to a study by associate professor Dina Lopez from the Ohio University. She studied silica scaling which tends to clog up geothermal plants.
Lopez hopes the study will help guide efforts to control silica scaling, which may help reducing the maintaining costs of geothermal plants.
Read the full report from here @ Green Prices
22 March 2007
The US Geothermal Resources Council has awarded the ‘best paper award’ to a study by associate professor Dina Lopez from the Ohio University. She studied silica scaling which tends to clog up geothermal plants.
Lopez hopes the study will help guide efforts to control silica scaling, which may help reducing the maintaining costs of geothermal plants.
Read the full report from here @ Green Prices
Labels: geothermal, geothermal-research, geothermal-usa, inventions, research
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Geothermal Idea Stalls at Ground Level
Geothermal idea stalls at ground level
By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | March 1, 2007
Alberta Bennett's determination to blaze a pollution-free path has become an odyssey of Homer-like proportions.
Just as Alberta Bennett is poised to have a geothermal system installed, a new hurdle has sprung up. City officials say this would be their first experience with a geothermal system, and with no regulations in place, they want to proceed carefully before issuing any permits.
Read more from this Boston Globe report
By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | March 1, 2007
Alberta Bennett's determination to blaze a pollution-free path has become an odyssey of Homer-like proportions.
Just as Alberta Bennett is poised to have a geothermal system installed, a new hurdle has sprung up. City officials say this would be their first experience with a geothermal system, and with no regulations in place, they want to proceed carefully before issuing any permits.
Read more from this Boston Globe report
Labels: geothermal, geothermal-north-america, geothermal-problems, geothermal-usa, problems
Advocates Push for Geothermal Energy
Advocates push for geothermal energy
Gazette Washington Bureau
Geothermal resources could provide a significant share of Montana's and the country's energy needs, but only if state and federal policies begin supporting it, advocates of the clean, renewable technology said Thursday.
Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association, said the U.S. could triple its geothermal capacity in the next decade but only if research and development funding levels and government incentives put it on a level to compete with other emerging energy technologies.
Read the full news report from Billings Gazette, Mar 2007
Gazette Washington Bureau
Geothermal resources could provide a significant share of Montana's and the country's energy needs, but only if state and federal policies begin supporting it, advocates of the clean, renewable technology said Thursday.
Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association, said the U.S. could triple its geothermal capacity in the next decade but only if research and development funding levels and government incentives put it on a level to compete with other emerging energy technologies.
Read the full news report from Billings Gazette, Mar 2007
Labels: advocacy, advocacy-geothermal, advocacy-usa, geothermal, geothermal-usa, usa
Canton Votes to Install Geothermal Systems in Schools
Canton Votes to Install Geothermal Systems in Schools
March 7, 2007
Canton, Illinois - The Canton School Board voted to spend $1.8 million on geothermal heating and cooling systems at Eastview and Westview Elementary schools.
The systems will be installed this summer and should be operational at the start of the next school year.
Full news story from here, @ PJStar
March 7, 2007
Canton, Illinois - The Canton School Board voted to spend $1.8 million on geothermal heating and cooling systems at Eastview and Westview Elementary schools.
The systems will be installed this summer and should be operational at the start of the next school year.
Full news story from here, @ PJStar
Labels: geothermal, geothermal-schools, geothermal-usa
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