Oct
7
Google Helps Geothermal In A Big Way
October 7, 2010 | 7 Comments
Google.org funded a grant to Southern Methodist University’s Geothermal Laboratory that suggests that the temperature of the Earth beneath the state of West Virginia is significantly higher than previously estimated and capable of supporting commercial baseload geothermal energy production. This is very significant news. A very large thanks to Google for getting money where is […]
May
27
Major Geothermal Drilling Progress
May 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
Potter Drilling’s new technology differs from current air-based techniques because they use hot fluid rather than air to spall the rock. Because spallation occurs in a water-filled borehole, Potter Drilling’s technology can be used to drill to depths required for engineered geothermal system (EGS) plants 12,000 to 30,000 feet. 30K feet is major in that […]
May
20
A Worthwhile Foray Into Nuclear Energy
May 20, 2010 | 12 Comments
Brian Wang over at NextBigFuture posted an interesting collection of nuclear energy pages under the title ‘Carnival of Nuclear Energy’. Brian did a good job of catching the current events and in his way of brief titles and very short summaries puts out the bait for linking out to more info. Brian covers some 14 […]
Apr
21
Big Growth From Little Geothermal
April 21, 2010 | 2 Comments
Small geothermal in the US grew in the past year with 144 projects under way in 15 US states. When completed, the projects will add more than 7,000MW of baseload power capacity, roughly equivalent to the total power used in California from coal-fired power plants. That’s an average of 37.25MW each. It really adds up. […]
Apr
9
What’s Gone Wrong With Geothermal?
April 9, 2010 | 4 Comments
At a site like this what is missing can be very disconcerting. Missing in total positive content are big geothermal projects. It’s not all bad news. But for one post lets have a look at the problems. The current mainstream technology catch all term is Enhanced Geothermal Systems or EGS. Much of what geothermal is […]
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