Archive for January, 2011
Colorado mulls water vs mineral rights
In Colorado, drilling for geothermal resources has come down to whether the resource is a mineral right or a water right. In July, Lee Robinson of Flint Eagle LLC asked the town of Gypsum for support in drill an exploratory well below the Eagle County Regional Airport and into the Rio Grande Rift. Legal issues [...]
Ram adds more Geysers property
In Nevada, Ram Power, through its subsidiary Skyline Geothermal, has acquired an undivided 50% interest in the geothermal rights to 215 acres of land, the Filley property. The property is associated with the identified steam resource for Ram’s Geysers geothermal project in Northern California. The rest of the undivided 50% interest in the geothermal rights [...]
Pratt & Whitney systems on the way to Turkey
In Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems says three of its modular PURECYCLE® Organic Rankine Cycle units have been sold for use at the the Jeoden Electricity production project in Denizli, near Izmir, Turkey. The units in total can generate up to 780 kW of net geothermal power. Existing low-temperature geothermal resources, at about 120 [...]
Mainstream: Liquor store to get geothermal heating, cooling
In Rhode Island, the Charlestown Package Store will reopens in the spring with a much larger building that will also feature a specially designed geothermal system that will heat, cool and dehumidify the new structure. The system will rely on three wells that will draw water from 450 feet underground, where the temperature is 45 [...]
Follow the Money: Record 2010 clean energy investment leaves out geothermal
In New York, Bloomberg New Energy Finance reported that new investment in clean energy reached $243 billion in 2010. That was a rise of 30% from the $186.5 billion see in 2009, all of which was driven by investments in China, offshore wind and rooftop photovoltaics in Europe.
Geothermal didn’t even get an honorable [...]
Wasabi acquires remainder of Global Geothermal
In New Zealand, Wasabi Energy said it now holds 100% ownership in Global Geothermal Ltd. through the acquisition of a series of minority ownership interests. Wasabi said the move provides them with the necessary freedom-to-operate, in relation to effectively commercializing the patented Kalina Cycle®2 technology portfolio. The consolidation in the ownership of Global Geothermal by [...]
No takers on W. Sumatra GT block
In Indonesia, West Sumatra Energy and Mineral Resources Agency chief Marzuki Mahdi said he had twice publicly announced bidding for geothermal mining working area in the area, but had received no responses at all. The working area is said to hold the potential to produce up to 86 MW electricity. West Sumatra has geothermal potentials [...]
Big geothermal project approved fast in New Zealand
In New Zealand, the government took only eight months to approve a new 250 MW geothermal power project. Thanks to new rules enforced in 2009 to streamline the approval of renewable energy projects and increase certainty for investors, that was all the time spent to complete the entire authorization process for the Tauhara 2 project. [...]
Thermax to build India’s first GT power plant
In India, the India Times reports that energy and environment solutions provider, Thermax, will get the contract for the first-ever geothermal power plant in the country to be built in Maharashtra. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Maharashtra Energy Development Authority and Thermax is likely to be signed shortly in this regard, the official said [...]
Energy innovation summit set
In Washington D.C., Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu will convene an ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit titled Catalyzing Energy Breakthroughs for a Secure American Future. From the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, the summit will explore how global energy challenges are directing research and investment priorities and driving American innovation. Select speakers include Steven Chu; Raymond [...]
