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How Google Cash Helped Find Geothermal Energy in West Virginia

How Google Cash Helped Find Geothermal Energy in West Virginia Google has already spent a lot of money on renewable energy investments. Now the search giant can be credited with bringing green energy to a state that mostly relies on coal-fired power. A project from Southern Methodist University, funded by a 1,500 grant from Google.org, […]

Is there a major geothermal power plant on mainland America ?

by gamene Question by my_voice_on_the_net: Is there a major geothermal power plant on mainland America ? I believe Hawaii has or had a power plant near the major Volcano on the big southern most island ? I am wondering if any attempts to harness geothermal power has been made on the American mainland ? At […]

How much does it cost to set up a Geothermal Power Plant?

Question by Indy: How much does it cost to set up a Geothermal Power Plant? The cost of a geothermal power plant. If not a answer, could anybody provide a link to a website that does? Best answer: Answer by mr.cleanhttp://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu.JQZ85HsR4Al5pXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5aWhndTc2BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA0gwMTJfMTI2BGwDV1Mx/SIG=128gohekj/EXP=1204795600/**http%3a//www.geo-energy.org/aboutGE/powerPlantCost.asp Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

E. Visayas eyes its own geothermal plant

E. Visayas eyes its own geothermal plant TACLOBAN CITY — Governors in Eastern Visayas are finalizing a plan for a baseload geothermal power plant that will exclusively serve the requirements of the region, Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho L. Petilla said in a phone interview yesterday. Read more on BusinessWorld Online Solar Power Plants to Rise […]

Is it still illegal to build a geothermal power plant in Colorado? In your state?

by annieb Question by Alan G: Is it still illegal to build a geothermal power plant in Colorado? In your state? I used to live in Colorado and at tat time I learned in Ecology class, geothermal power plants were illegal because, ” they are unfair competion for conventional power plants”. Conventional power plants were; […]

Gov’t paid P1.28B for geothermal plant

Geothermal plant in Iceland Image by futureatlas.com Gov’t paid P1.28B for geothermal plant BacMan Geothermal, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of geothermal leader Energy Development Corp., paid the government P1.28 billion on Friday for the 150-megawatt Bacon-Manito geothermal power plant in Bicol. Read more on Philippine Daily Inquirer BacMan geothermal plant functional by 2012, says […]

County allocates geothermal funds

County allocates geothermal funds The Churchill County Commissioners approved the allocation of reimbursed geothermal rents and royalties Thursday and will use the funds to decrease the required employee furlough days from 10 to seven a year among other things. Read more on Lahontan Valley News Magma Energy Completes Purchase of 98.5% of Icelandic Geothermal Company […]

Nevada Geothermal Power Announces Private Placement, Total Funds C$10,000,000

Nevada Geothermal Power Announces Private Placement, Total Funds C,000,000 VANCOUVER, British Columbia—-Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. , today announced that it will proceed with a non-brokered private placement for up to 20,000,000 units at a price of CNevada Geothermal Power Announces Private Placement, Total Funds C,000,000 VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX.V: NGP, […]

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN ARGENTINA

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN ARGENTINA The Government of the province of Neuquén, Argentina, through its Agency for Investment Promotion and Development (Agencia de Promocion y Desarrollo de Inversiones – ADI-Nqn), has launched a Public Call to Investors interested in developing proposals for the award of an exploration contract to discover and produce endogenous steam in the […]

Icelandic geothermal plant

A few nice GEOTHERMAL ENERGY images I found: Icelandic geothermal plant Image by futureatlas.com Hellisheidi geothermal power plant Image by ThinkGeoEnergy

Q&A: Geothermal power?

Question by Philip Augustus: Geothermal power? why don’t we utilize more Geothermal power? I know most of that is available on the west coast. But isn’t it cheaper and more constant than solar or wind? solar you have to have expensive equipment. where Geothermal is available, you dig a deep hole. dump in water. and […]

Constellation Energy Sells 14.5 Megawatt Share in CA Geothermal Assets for $72.5 Million

Constellation Energy Sells 14.5 Megawatt Share in CA Geothermal Assets for .5 Million BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced the sale of its interests in the Mammoth Geothermal Plant near Mammoth Lakes, CA to a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) for .5 million (approximately ,000/kw). Constellation Energy and ORMAT shared a 50-50 interest in […]

Geothermal energy research – any going on in Cameroon?

Chevron ads say they want to be the world-leader in geothermal energy. So, are they, or anyone else, doing any research, etc, in Cameroon? There was an agreement in 2003 and 2006 over Bakassi Peninsula, but the enforcement that agreement seems to be falling apart. This may take some oil out of Cameroon’s energy portfolio […]

EDC sees net profit surging to P9.1B

EDC sees net profit surging to P9.1B ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Corp., the country’s biggest geothermal producer, expects its net income to surge 175 percent to P9.1 billion this year from P3.3 billion it posted in 2009, according to a top company official. Read more on Philippine Daily Inquirer