Geothermal energy news articles 
Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1). The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacen... [more]
As a result of high costs, low demand, and recent disasters, global nuclear generation capacity falls
The latest Vital Signs Online (VSO) report from the Worldwatch Institute indicates that due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011. Despite reaching record levels the previous year, global installed nuclear capacity, the potential power generation from all existing plants, declined to 366.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2011, from 375.5 GW at the... [more]
Mortenson builds 100th wind project in southeast Iowa
Since entering the renewable energy market in 1995, Mortenson has erected nearly 7,000 wind turbines that generate approximately 11,000 megawatts of power in 27 states and provinces throughout North America. Mortenson also constructs solar power, geothermal and hydroelectric facilities and is a leading provider of transmission and distribution infrastructure. Mortenson's Renewable Energy Groups has announced it is building 11 new wind projects... [more]
Other Geothermal energy news and reviews
GEA Report Details International Geothermal Growth
In conjunction with tomorrow’s GEA International Geothermal Energy Showcase 2012, the Geothermal Energy Association has released its latest International Market Overview Report, which finds that the global geothermal power market grew substantially in 2011-12.
U.S. Geothermal Inc. Announces Share Purchase Agreement With Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC
BOISE, IDAHO-- - U.S. Geothermal Inc. , a leading renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced today that it has signed a purchase ...
Continental Buys First Stake in a Geothermal Energy Project
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Energy Corporation (CPPXF.OB) (the "Company" or "Continental") an emerging international energy company operating in ...
Geothermal Leader Finding it Tough to Capitalize
Geology made Nevada a key player in the world of geothermal energy, in which heat from the Earth's core is recovered as steam or hot water and used to generate electricity.
Hawaii bills aim to reduce oil use, energy costs
Legislation before Hawaii's governor could expand geothermal energy production across the state.
Geothermal power growth expected to stay hot
The geothermal power industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan. read more
Pertamina Geothermal Butuh US$ 4 Miliar untuk Tingkatkan Kapasitas Pembangkit
JAKARTA (IFT) - PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, anak usaha PT Pertamina (Persero) yang bergerak dalam pengembangan panas bumi, membutuhkan dana US$ 4 miliar untuk meningkatkan kapasitas pembangkit listrik tenaga panas bumi (PLTP) menjadi 2.000 megawatt pada 2018. Slamet Riadhy, Presiden Direktur Pertamina Geothermal, mengatakan saat ini kapasitas pembangkit existing di wilayah kerja panas bumi ...
Hawaii Geothermal Energy Bills Aim To Reduce Oil Use, Energy Costs
HONOLULU (AP) — Legislation before Hawaii's governor could expand geothermal energy production across the state.
Low-Temperature Geothermal: Digging for Its Vast Opportunity
The geothermal industry recognizes the need for innovation. Halley Dickey of TAS Energy, Karl Gawell of GEA (Geothermal Energy Association), and Doug Glaspey of U.S. Geothermal Inc. expressed the crucial importance of research and development in the geothermal industry during a conference call last month. Most experts have their sights set on the vast potential of and innovative use of low ...
EGS Takes Geothermal Global
As ancient as the earth itself, unharnessed geothermal energy most often bubbles to the surface in geological hot spots long known for geysers and naturally-boiling mud pots.
