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Heat Without Fire: Geothermal For A Cleaner, Sustainable Future In New York City
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22.5.2013 |
Main Feed - Environmental Defense |
| By EDF Blogs
By: Mark Franks, EDF Energy Research Intern
Source: Achrnews.com
Hurricane Sandy proved that New York City’s energy system is not up to the challenges of the present day. And, as we have highlighted before , the city faces some major challenges to reducing dangerous air pollution caused by heavy heating fuels. One promising solution seeking to significantly reduce NYC’s carbon footprint, improve air quality, and increase grid resiliency during storms is geothermal heat pumps.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called ground source heat pumps the “most energy-efficient, environmentally clean, and cost-effective space conditioning systems available.” Geothermal heat pumps or exchangers, also known as geo-exchange, require no fossil-fuel burning on-site, use 70 percent of their energy from Earth’s renewable sources and are, on average, nearly 50 percent more efficient than gas furnaces.
Last month, I had the honor of watching NYC Mayor Bloomberg sign a bill ... |
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David Suzuki: Canada Is Ready For a Transformative Energy Experience
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2.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Some people think a widespread shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources is not practical or even possible. And so we carry on, rushing to squeeze every last drop of oil and gas from the ground using increasingly difficult and destructive methods like fracking, deep-sea drilling and oil sands extraction, with seemingly little concern for what we'll do after we've burned it all. |
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Cool NREL maps show the huge geothermal power potential of the U.S.
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22.4.2013 |
TreeHugger |
| Cool NREL maps show the huge geothermal power potential of the U.S. |
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Cracking Rock to Get More from Geothermal Fields
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17.4.2013 |
Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories |
| An enhanced geothermal project fractures hot rocks at unproductive wells, an approach with low financial risk. Growth in conventional geothermal power last year was a tepid five percent. A recently-demonstrated enhanced geothermal method could squeeze more usable energy from existing wells.
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Primed for Success: The Remarkable Potential for -and Barriers to- Chile's Renewable Energy Sector
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4.4.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC:
Chile’s Renewable Energy Center (CER) released its annual report about the country’s non-conventional renewable energy* sector this week, showing that 2012 was a record-breaking year for the industry. 165 megawatts of renewables connected to the grid last year, bringing the... |
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Utah teens garner $30,000 for green projects
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4.3.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Ray Parker The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Mar 4, 2013 09:55AM MDT
These teens could one day help solve the pollution woes and other environmental issues confronting Utah. Three student projects from Olympus Junior High in Holladay recently won $30,000 and the chance to earn an even larger prize as part of the national Lexus Eco Challenge, which inspires youngsters to learn about the environment and take action to improve it. The challenge will award a total of $500,000 in grants and scholarships. The Geothermal Awareness Team won $10,000 for researching and e... ... |
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UM-Farmington plans geothermal wells
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4.3.2013 |
Boston Globe: Maine |
| UM-Farmington plans geothermal wells |
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Iceland Weighs Exporting the Power Bubbling From Below
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21.2.2013 |
NY Times: Europe |
A huge and potentially lucrative market beckons, if Iceland can find a way to transmit electricity across 1,000 miles of frigid sea.
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U.S. added 147 megawatts of geothermal energy in 2012
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19.2.2013 |
TreeHugger |
Geothermal power has a promising future, but so far it has lagged behind most of its other renewable energy cousins, especially wind and solar. |
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Global Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slow
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16.2.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
| Global Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slow |
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Global Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slow
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12.2.2013 |
Worldwatch Institute |
| New Worldwatch Institute report examines global consumption and installed capacity of hydropower and geothermal energy sources
Washington, D.C. — Although the global consumption and installed capacity of hydropower and geothermal technologieshave increased steadily since 2003, both types of energy saw slower growth in 2011, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service ( www.worldwatch.org ).Global installed capacity of hydropower reached 970 gigawatts (GW), only a 1.6 percent increase from the previous year, while geothermal cumulative capacity reached 11.2 GW, slowing to below 1 percent for the first time since 2002, writes report author Evan Musolino.
"Despite the recent slowdown in growth, the overall market for hydropower and geothermal power is increasing in part because these two sources are not subject to the variability in generation that plagues other renewable energy sources such as wind and solar," said ... |
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Alaska's Geothermal Energy For Sale?
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5.2.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Alaska will offer potential developers the chance to explore geothermal resources at an active volcano in... |
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Geothermal breakthrough at Oregon site
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13.1.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| AltaRock Energy, of Seattle, says data are still being analyzed, but company officials are confident three geothermal reservoirs have been created from a single well where none existed before. |
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Geothermal takes a technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| GRANTS PASS, Ore.—Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy from a small niche into a potential major source of homegrown power, but more work needs to be done. |
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Geothermal takes a technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
AP Washington |
| GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy from a small niche into a potential major source of homegrown power, but more work needs to be done.... |
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Geothermal takes technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy into a major source of homegrown power. |
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Geothermal takes a technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy from a small niche into a potential major source of homegrown power, but more work needs to be done. |
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Geothermal takes technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy into a major source of homegrown power. |
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Geothermal takes a technological step forward
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13.1.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy from a small niche into a potential major source of homegrown power, but more work needs to be done. |
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El Salvador Prioritizes Geothermal Energy Development
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11.1.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
During the last two decades, the global installed capacity for geothermal electricity has nearly doubled. Despite this recent expansion, geothermal energy is not getting the same level of attention as other renewable energy resources, and it remains heavily underutilized. If the world were able to tap just a small portion of the Earth's heat, we could provide everyone with clean and safe energy for centuries. Current estimates of our global potential for geothermal energy range from 35 gigawatts (GW) to 2,000 GW. However, simple technological improvements could greatly increase these projections. |
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