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By admin on September 06, 2010  |  Comments 0

Next up: Alaska comes in out of the cold while Colorado looks to get up to speed

Less than a week has passed since GD noted that it had been 50 years since the first commercial geothermal power plant in the U.S. had been built. This week we highlight why it seems that 50 years is simply not enough and that public officials remain in the dark about potential geothermal power resources.
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By admin on August 30, 2010  |  Comments 0

Happy Birthday(s): Utility-scale GT turns 50, the Digest turns one

Fifty years ago in California, construction began on the country’s first utility-scale geothermal power plant at The Geysers. And this marks Geothermal Digest’s 52nd issue, which makes us one year old.
While we noted a 50th anniversary celebration back in May, a number of stories about the anniversary are beginning to appear elsewhere in the [...]

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By admin on August 22, 2010  |  Comments 0

Stepping Up to the Plate: DOE adds $15 million to promote GT heat recovery techniques

In Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program announced another funding opportunity – this one at $15 million, to research and develop innovative methods to extract heat from geothermal resources from the Earth’s crust to produce clean, renewable energy.
DOE’s objective through this funding is to promote the advancement and commercialization in [...]

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By admin on August 15, 2010  |  Comments 0

The Color of Green Power: Second quarter has Ram, Raser, Ormat all in the red

In Nevada, and Utah, second quarter reports from Ram Power, Corp., Raser Technologies, Inc. and Ormat Technologies, Inc. do not paint a pretty picture for the industry. No one expected Raser to turn a profit and Ram has been on a costly acquisition spree, but Ormat is a surprise.
For the period ending June 30, 2010, [...]

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Tata Power consortium wins Indonesia bid

In Indonesia, a group led India’s largest integrated private power company, Tata Power, said that the consortium that includes Origin Energy and PT Supraco Indonesia were the successful bidder for the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in Northern Sumatra. The project is believed to hold an estimated 240MW of geothermal generation capacity. The consortium will do [...]

EDC completes acquisition of BacMan plants

In the Philippines, Bacman Geothermal, Inc., a unit of the Lopez-led Energy Development Corp. (EDC), has completed payment for the 150 MW Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal power plants. The company said that it has closed the acquisition of the asset after making a final payment to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. Richard Tantoco, [...]

India’s first GT plant to be built in Andhra Pradesh

In India, the country’s first Geothermal power plant will reportedly be built in Andhra Pradesh’s Khammam district by 2012. A power purchase agreement has been signed between GeoSyndicate Power Pvt Ltd and Northern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd. The reports did not indicate who would build the plant, which is slated to have an [...]

Gradient moves HQ to Reno

In Nevada, Gradient Resources, formerly Vulcan Power Company, unveiled a new name and logo at the inauguration of its new corporate headquarters in Reno. Nevada Senator Harry Reid was on hand to thank management for bringing green jobs to the state. The company was founded in Bend, Oregon where its headquarters were based since its [...]

France joins alternative, emerging bandwagon with $1.7B investment

In France, the country’s Environment and Energy Management Agency has launched a program that will inject $1.71 billion into alternative fuels and emerging technologies. The government will allocate $1.14 billion in loans and $570 million in subsidies through the next four years. The money will go to biofuels, carbon capture and storage, green chemistry, and [...]

Opinion: Alternative Energy: Will U.S. lead or follow?

Seth Doane of CBS writes “In the wake of the Gulf oil disaster, calls for cleaner, greener energy, are growing louder. ‘Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America’s innovation to seize control of our own destiny,’ President Obama said in June. If that rallying cry sounds [...]

Ground source saves medical building 70%

In Washington, while it may take years to recoup initial investment costs, while it does, a medical building in Spokane is using a ground-source heat pump to heat and cool their building, and saving 70% in energy bills. Owner David Owan said that the heat exchange unit alone cost around $690,000, which is more than [...]

Energy system transformation centers in the west

In Nevada, researchers at Brookings Mountain West say that as the nation works out a clean energy future in order to create a more competitive “next economy,” it should look to the Intermountain West. Mark Muro, Senior Fellow and Policy Director, and Sarah Rahman, Senior Policy Analyst for the Metropolitan Policy Program said America needs [...]

Have waterfront, will heat – or cool

In Canada, freeze protection solution manufacturer Heat-Line said it has developed a new line of geothermal products that represent a breakthrough in geothermal transfer technology. LIMNION LIMA-1 by Heat-Line is an energy transfer system for lakes, ponds and rivers that works with geothermal heat pumps to efficiently provide low cost heating and cooling. The company’s [...]

Financing, construction agreements puts U.S. Geothermal to work on plant

In Nevada, USG Nevada LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. Geothermal Inc., has entered into agreements with Science Applications International Corp. for a project loan and an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a geothermal power plant for Phase 1 of the San Emidio project in northwestern part of the state. SAIC’s design-build subsidiary, The Benham [...]