Archive for March, 2011
Project earns green business award in Connecticut
In Connecticut, a new distribution, showroom and office facility belonging to F.W. Webb Co. will open soon in Waterford. To heat and cool the 67,000-square-foot building, a dozen wells were drilled to 500 feet around the building, which will circulate water through a heat pump system. The facility will also use solar panels yo heat [...]
Exhibitor registration opened for Geothermal Expo
In Washington, DC, the Geothermal Energy Association opened registration for exhibitors at the 2011 GEA Geothermal Expo. The Expo will be held in San Diego, Calif. from October 23 through 26, 2011 and is the world’s largest gathering of vendors providing support for geothermal resource exploration, characterization, development, production and management. The 2010 Expo in [...]
Back to School: First U.S. geothermal academy upcoming, summer 2011
In Nevada, the state university has prepared a National Geothermal Academy, which is to be held June 20 through Aug 12, 2011, at the University of Nevada’s Redfield campus. The inaugural summer session will take forty students from around the country and put them through an intensive eight-week geothermal energy education program.
The goal [...]
Drake and Scull, Earth Heat join to find geothermal projects
In Dubai, Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International PJSC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Australian based company Earth Heat Resources Ltd. to jointly explore, bid for and secure geothermal project opportunities in the Middle East and Africa. “There is substantial demand and growth [...]
SLR Consulting gets OK to develop GT plant in Ireland
In Ireland, SLR Consulting said it had successfully obtained planning permission for the development and operation of the first geothermal energy generation plant in Ireland. Planning permission was granted by South Dublin County Council to begin development within four months. There were evidently no third party appeals against the decision. The development will start with [...]
Bangladesh looking to join the geothermal world
In Bangladesh, Anglo MGH Energy has sought government approval to build a200 MW geothermal plant at Salandar village in the northern district of Thakurgain. The company has done feasibility studies on the plan on 8,750 acres of land to select the spot for the plant. The company has cleared hurdles at the Geological Survey of [...]
Opinion: Using geothermal energy to prevent quakes must be debunked now
Following the horrific events in Japan over the last week, news reports out of India have two people, including at least one who should know better, as suggesting we could stop earthquakes and other tectonic events by simply using geothermal energy. Surya Prakash Kapoor if the Indian Meteorological Department was quoted in the Times of [...]
GEO names new president
In Washington, D.C., the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) says that Douglas A. Dougherty has accepted the position of President, effective March 21. Dougherty was President of the Illinois Telecommunications Association, a group of more than 60 services providers operating in that state. Prior to this, he worked for Illinois’ Lieutenant Governor, first as Executive Director [...]
Commissioners approve Colorado energy park
In Colorado, commissioners of Weld County unanimously approved an energy park in northern Weld. The park is envisioned to hold that geothermal facilities, a solar farm, research facilities and a variety of other alternative and conventional energy operations. Harrison Resource Corp. president Craig Harrison, who proposed the park, gave the commissioners a list of more [...]
New Walgreens store is first chain drug store to use geo-exchange
In Illinois, Walgreens has opened the country’s first drugstore chain location that uses a geothermal system for heating and cooling. The company anticipates a 46% reduction in energy use from the system. The system uses a network of four closed-loop boreholes installed to depths of 650 feet, and a heat exchange system with the building [...]
