Google supports creation of a new geothermal map of US
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 REM Geothermal resources in the US are capable of producing more than 10 times the energy of the nation’s installed capacity of coal, according to a recent analysis supported by Google.org, the search e...
Uptick in demand prompts Siemens to launch new geothermal steam turbine
Monday, 31 October 2011 REM After much research, Siemens Energy has decided the time is right to launch its new steam turbine for geothermal power plants at the GEA Geothermal Energy Expo in San Diego (US). The SST-400 GEO steam...
Djibouti to spend $19.6 million in pursuit of geothermal resources
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 REM Djibouti plans to spend $19.6 million over the next two years to identify geothermal-power sources that can address the African nation’s persistent electricity shortages, according to a report by Bl...
Ram Power completes first phase of expansion of Nicaraguan geothermal plant
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 REM Ram Power, Corp., a Reno, Nevada (US)-based renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, has completed the Phase I 36 MW expansion of...
Canada
Country boasts "enormous geothermal energy resources", says report
Monday, 19 September 2011 Toby Price The Geological Survey of Canada and a team of leading scientists in the field of geothermal energy have released a report detailing the geothermal energy resource potential for geothermal energy in Ca...
WHEB Partners invests in Norwegian geothermal company Green Energy Group
Thursday, 08 September 2011 REM European private equity investor WHEB Partners has made an investment in Green Energy Group (GEG), an Oslo-based supplier of small-scale, containerised geothermal power plants. The total amount of the...
Centram Geothermal granted exploration rights in Guatemala
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 Dan McCueCanadian geothermal developer Centram Geothermal has been granted two geothermal exploration concessions for projects in Guatemala.
Geothermal heat pump shipments to double in annual volume in the US by 2017
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 REM Geothermal heat pumps and the direct utilization of geothermal resources represent a fast-growing alternative in the US heating and cooling market -- so much so, according to a new report, that heat p...
United States
Utility considering adding more geothermal energy production in Hawaii
Friday, 22 July 2011 Dan McCue The president of the Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO) on the “Big Island” of the US’s 50 state has told customers the utility is considering adding more geothermal power production ...
Geothermal may produce 3.5 percent of world’s power -- with help, IEA Says
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 Dan McCue A new technology roadmap from the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that geothermal’s share of global energy capacity could increase more than 10-fold by 2050 if governments implement i...
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