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GEA to host one day showcase and forum in May
In Washington, the Gethermal Energy Association will host a one-day Global Geothermal Showcase and Forum on Friday, May 21, 2010 9:00am-5:00pm, Washington, DC. The event will provide a showcase of current geothermal projects and policies in the U.S. and around the world. The day’s agenda will include presentations and panel discussions by U.S. and international [...]
Pike Research launches renewable energy advisory service
In Colorado, Pike Research has introduced its new Renewable Energy Advisory Service, a subscription-based business information suite that provides insights and market intelligence for companies in the energy technology sector. The service covers energy sources including geothermal, solar, wind, biomass, and hydrokinetic and ocean energy, both at the utility scale and on a distributed generation [...]
Indonesia will host World Geothermal Congress
In Indonesia, the World Geothermal Congress will be held in Nusa Dua of Indonesia’s Bali province on April 25-30. The meeting would be the largest event of world’s geothermal stakeholders conducted every five years by the International Geothermal Association. With the theme “Geothermal: the Energy to Change the World”, the congress will be attended by [...]
Preliminary program for IGC 2010 online
In Germany, the preliminary program for the 6th International Geothermal Conference (IGC 2010) is online. The event will take place in Freiburg, Germany on May 19-20, 2010 and an early registration discount is available until February 28. The conference begins on the 19th with the short course “Exploitation of geothermal reservoirs” in co-operation with experts [...]
CanGEA sets investment seminar and reception
In Canada, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) will host a Canadian Geothermal Code Investment Seminar and Reception in Toronto on March 3, 2010. The event is to assist industry stakeholders with the integration and comprehension of the Canadian Geothermal Code for Public Reporting, which the industry group established to promote an industry standard for [...]
Kennedy wants IT giants to build green grid for electron long haul
In California, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in the keynote address at the Green Grid Technical Forum, said the IT sector should be the prime mover in establishing a new power grid able to transport renewable power resources over long distances. He said that wind, solar and geothermal are the three renewable resources with the potential [...]
GeoPower Americas 2010 kicks off February 16
In California, the annual GeoPower Americas meeting will be held in San Francisco February 16 and 17. This year’s agenda will include policy-makers and developers from the emerging markets of Canada, Central and Southern America for the first time, as well as from the U.S. Topics for the two-day event include: the Impact of the [...]
CSM hosts geothermal symposium
In Colorado, the Colorado School of Mines played host to two hundred guests from four different countries and ten different states at the second annual Geothermal Symposium. The latest developments in global geothermics were presented by renowned, international guests. The first speaker, Siguður Magnús Garðarsson, the director of the Icelandic GEOthermal Research Group (GEORG), spoke [...]
New York forum puts GT in the spotlight
In New York City, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) hosted the geothermal energy finance forum at the Ritz Carlton. In attendance were financiers, politicians and project developers. The event also featured a lunchtime keynote speech by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. He told the crowd that “Nevada already has about 450 megawatts of [...]
Drilling grant awardee stays underground
In Colorado, despite getting a $9.2 million DOE grant for geothermal-energy drilling technology, newly-formed Foro Energy Inc. is hardly in the limelight. Foro is developing a new hybrid thermal-mechanical drilling technology that would make developing geothermal energy more cost-effective. Earlier attempts by GD to find the company turned up a web page with a single [...]
