All Entries in the "Policy & Policymakers" Category
Five government agencies establish collaboration framework
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has joined the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor in signing a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the Economy, Energy and Environment Initiative. The goal of the effort, to be [...]
Developing countries move to renewables with World Bank support
In Washington, D.C., the World Bank’s Clean Technology Fund reports that twenty developing countries are investing in large-scale renewables, particularly solar, wind and geothermal services, as a robust source of energy access for their citizens. Fourteen middle income countries plan to radically rebalance their national energy portfolios by investing in renewables at a large scale, [...]
City moving forward with geothermal heat plan
In Canada, Councillor Mark Heyck of the city of Yellowknife says they now looking for ideas from private companies on how best to operate a district heating system that would use geothermal energy from the abandoned Con Mine. “If there is a proposal that comes forward that the city deems valuable, then we would begin [...]
BLM environmental impact study released
In Colorado, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released a study of the environmental impact of geothermal energy development for the Coyote Canyon Geothermal Utilization Project. Proposed by TGP Dixie Development Company, LLC (TGP), the project would ultimately consist of a 70 MW, utility-grade geothermal power plant, production and injection wells, pipeline, and support [...]
State making GT installation moneys available
Residents of Pennsylvania can take advantage of a new loan program to make geothermal heating and cooling more affordable for home owners. The loans can be for as much as $15,000 at 4.99% with up to 10 years to repay. Officials say that because it’s a loan and not a grant or rebate program, the [...]
DOE guarantees Nevada transmission line loan
In Washington, D.C., the Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $350 million loan guarantee to develop the One Nevada Transmission Line (ON Line). ON Line is a new 500 kilovolt (kV) AC transmission line that will run 235 miles from Ely, Nevada to just north of Las Vegas. The project will [...]
DOE adds webinars to bolster energy project implementation
In Washington, D.C., the Department of Energy has made additions to its series of Technical Assistance Program (TAP) Webinars scheduled for Fall 2010. The webinars support the management of projects funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through DOE’s State Energy Program and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. The TAP webinar series [...]
U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center earns 3rd DOE grant
In Washington, D.C., U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy & International Affairs David Sandalow announced that Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will receive $12.5 million over the next five years to lead a consortium on energy-efficient building technologies, including ground source geothermal, under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). The funding will be matched [...]
ElectraTherm awarded nearly $1 million DOE grant
In Nevada, ElectraTherm, Inc. has been awarded $982,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to research, develop and demonstrate its technology using co-produced fluids. The grant will help accelerate the development of the company’s technology through a geothermal demonstration site at Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada. The heat-to-power technology converts sources of low temperature liquid [...]
Town doing its own drilling for GT resource
In Washington, the town Snohomish is nearly finished drilling at five locations in the Cascade’s for geothermal energy. In what would seem to be a first in the U.S., the town’s Public Utility District is handling the work. PUD Senior Manager of energy Resource Development Craig Collar was quoted as saying “We are taking temperature [...]
