geothermal

Google, Inc. announced plans today to invest $10 million in an energy technology known as enhanced geothermal systems, or EGS.

This past Tuesday, the Oregon Institute of Technology outlined a plan to build a $7.6 million geothermal power plant on campus. The plant will become the sole power source for the school in a few years, making Oregon Tech the only university to be powered completely by geothermal energy.

Good facts about heat pumps and a good blog for heat pump related advice.

Our transportation portfolio is in desperate need of diversification because right now it’s downright pathetic.

A company called Raser Technologies will be building New Mexico’s first geothermal power plant to provide electricity from this renewable resource to power resident’s homes. And, not only this, but the homes will be in neighboring Arizona.

Orly Airport, one of the two big airports serving Paris, is to extract geothermal energy from deep underground to slash its heating bills, the facility's owners said. Two shafts each 1,700 metres (one mile) deep will be drilled on the airport's perimeter to access a water table warmed by heat emanating from the Earth's hot core.

An excellent description of geothermal heating and cooling showing all of the benefits and detriments as well as the many different configurations of geothermal ground loop systems.

Dan Reicher, Google.org, is interviewed at the WIREC conference about where Google's renewable energy programs launched last year will go this year.

Geothermal does not have the sex appeal of a wind turbine, or a PV array. But it may just be the most bang for your renewable energy buck. Watch this short educational video to get the low-down on geothermal heating and.

The goal of the Hawai'i Clean Energy Initiative is to use renewable resources -- such as wind, sun, ocean, geothermal, and bioenergy -- to supply 70 percent or more of Hawai'i's energy needs by 2030.  This will reduce the state's dependence on imported oil and help bring energy price stability to Hawai'i consumers.

America can kick its addiction to fossil fuels by drilling more wells, says a panel of experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not for oil, but to tap Earth’s heat.

Green dorms are being built at the University of Illinois in Champaign that use geothermal energy to provide heat and hot water to residence.

 Leaders of trade associations that represent various sectors of the renewable energy industry hold a press conference to call on Congress to extend tax credits to continue the growth and job-creation demonstrated by renewable power.

The amount of new geothermal power now under development in the United States will roughly double U.S. geothermal capacity - enough to meet the needs of six million households.

WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliate, completes its coverage of Live Green Live Smart's The Sustainable House project - the first US Green Building Council LEED for Homes project to receive a platinum rating for home remodeling. The rambler was slated for teardown, but was instead recycled into one of the most energy efficient and healthy homes in the nation. This short transcript and video show the progress, and reportage from esteemed experts in energy and sustainability. Live Green, Live Smart will launcha green builder certification program in partnership with Saint Paul College.