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Sep 29, 2008Co-Produced Fluids Report
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Sep 29, 2008
CanGEA Moving Geothermal Forward!
CanGEA’s mission is to remove hurdles in the geothermal industry to help move geothermal forward in Canada, some days it feels like we’re juggling cats….
Sep 24, 2008
Geothermal Reporting Code
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Sep 24, 2008
National Geographic to Air Video About Geothermal Energy
On September 28 and 29, National Geographic will air a video called “Preserve our Planet: Steam Drillers.” From their Web site:
“Join Mega Green Tech as it journeys around the globe in search of what is perhaps the Earth’s most available green energy: geothermal power. Visit Iceland, where an abundance of geothermal energy is helping Icelanders achieve an incredible 70% green energy use overall. Explore the world’s largest geothermal power complex in northern California, and hear from scientists and visionaries racing to help geothermal technology not just dig deeper into the Earth’s hottest layers but also to try to expand the potential of geothermal power across the planet.”
Please visit: http://www.ngcasia.com/watch/program_details.aspx?id_program=6464
Sep 24, 2008
Google Grant will Allow SMU to Map Geothermal Resources
Google.org’s announcement to grant $489,521 to the Geothermal Lab in SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences will allow Southern Methodist University to provide information on the potential for geothermal energy production in new regions and to update mapping of resources.
According to the press release, Dave Blackwell, Hamilton Professor of Geothermal Studies in SMU’s Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, and Maria Richards, Geothermal Lab coordinator, previously collaborated on the Geothermal Map of North America for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in 2004. It included the oil and gas industry thermal data to the research quality heat flow data, and shows the potential for enhanced geothermal systems development nationwide.
.Dave Blackwell’s career has been based on collecting heat flow data - he’s done this for 40 years,” Richards explained. .But there are parts of the country that have never been researched in detail - whether by Dave or other researchers in the geothermal community. This is an opportunity for the geothermal industry, via SMU, to collect data in places where there is virtually no data.”
The news release is available at http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/07240.asp
Sep 24, 2008
Australia: Government to Provide $50M for Drilling
Great news from Australia! This article is from the GEA Weekly Update August 26th, 2008, which is provided to all members.
Australia: Government to Provide $50M for Drilling
Australia’s Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, has announced a $50 million Geothermal Drilling Program, according to abc.net. The grants will fund drilling of geothermal wells.
“The industry indicated . . . what they want to prove is a couple of successful opportunities and then hope that one of those investors is able to take it to a commercial demonstration plant which then will encourage the private sector to further invest in the industry,” Ferguson told ABC.
Visit: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/20/2340898.htm?section=justin
Sep 23, 2008
Low Temperature Geothermal Electricty Production
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Sep 23, 2008
DOE Partners with Australia and Iceland for Geothermal Technologies
Representatives from the United States, Australia, and Iceland have signed the charter of agreement to promote geothermal activities, according to newsblaze.com. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen, Australia’s Ambassador to Iceland Sharyn Minahan, and Iceland’s Minister of Industry Energy and Tourism Ossur Skarphedinsson met in Reykjavik, Iceland, where they signed the agreement and participated in a two-day geothermal workshop.
This move will promote energy security and address climate change. The countries will work together to identify resources, share knowledge, and advance enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) technology.
“Enhanced geothermal systems have the potential to be the world’s only ever-present form of baseload renewable energy,” Fredriksen told press. “This international collaborative will bind the U.S., Australia and Iceland to work together to accelerate the development of geothermal energy, bringing this clean, domestic and natural energy to the market in the near-term to confront the serious challenges of climate change and energy security.”
The agreement establishes a steering committee to which each country party appoints two members. The U.S. representatives on the steering committee are DOE Geothermal Program Director Ed Wall and GEA Executive Director Karl Gawell.
To read the article: http://newsblaze.com/story/20080828113811tsop.nb/topstory.html
Sep 22, 2008
Geothermal Lease Sale
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Sep 22, 2008
BBC News: “Google and GE in energy deal”
Google and General Electric appear to be discussing ‘teaming up’ to develop clean energy technology and electricity. The goal to make renewable energy more useful and accessible. Google is a supporter of geothermal power generation but maintain that the benefits of renewable energy will not be realized without updating power transmission lines into a “smart grid” to let consumers track and control the type of power they use and when.
The internet giant Google has teamed up with technology multinational General Electric to develop a “smart” electric power grid and promote clean energy.
Both companies want to make renewable energy more accessible and useful.
In a joint statement they said: “Our economic, environmental and security challenges require we use electricity more efficiently and generate it from cleaner sources.”
“Clean energy is eminently doable and solvable,” said GE ceo Jeff Immelt.
“This just makes good sense,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
To read the full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7622347.stm