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4 Reasons Geothermal has Not Yet Taken off in Canada

4/21/2015

 
April 2015 | Tags: British Columbia, Policy

Read our policy advisor's article published in Power Engineering: Lots of Potential, Still no Geothermal

Canada is one of the only developed countries on the Pacific Ring of Fire not taking major commercial advantage of geothermal energy - a clean, energy source that runs 24/7! This begs the question: What's holding up geothermal energy in Canada? 

CanGEA's policy advisor, Justin Crewson, answers just that in a recent article, Lots of Potential, Still No Geothermal, published in Power Engineering. Justin outlines four reasons geothermal has failed to take off in Canada, as it successfully has in continental neighbours the United States and Mexico.
  1. Lack of a geothermal permitting scheme. Geothermal developers have great difficulty securing investors without legal ownership over their resource. At present the only jurisdiction in Canada that distributes geothermal leases.
  2. Ineffective existing permitting. British Columbia's Geothermal Resources Act (GRA) is criticized as further complicating the permitting and development process.
  3. High upfront costs. Drilling alone can account for up to 30 percent of a projects budget. Government programs for renewable energy projects with high start-up costs are geared towards intermittent renewables such as wind and solar.
  4. Baseload value is unrecognized. Governments in Canada have failed to recognize the geothermal's value as a baseload (produces power 24/7) renewable energy source.

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US Department of Energy Commits $4 million to Geothermal Mining Projects

4/6/2015

 
April 4, 2015 | Tags: Mining, Technology Transfer, Alison Thompson

Tyler Hamilton, editor for Corporate Knights, asks "Where is Canada?"

“We are delighted that Star Minerals received DOE support for their innovation, but what can the Canadian, provincial and territorial governments do to create these opportunities at home with our own world class resources?”    - Alison Thompson, CanGEA chair
This article outlines the potential for a mutually beneficial relationship between the geothermal and mining industries, where rare earth elements can be extracted from geothermal brines. One example is Simbol, a California-based company that has partnered with geothermal companies to extract lithium, maganese and zinc compounds from geothermal fluids after heat has been extracted. Lithium compounds can go on to be used to produce lithium ion batteries.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has recently invested more than $4 million to nine geothermal projects planning to recover heat and minerals from geothermal brines. A Canadian company, Star Minerals, is a partner in one of these projects. 

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Image from Simbol Materials.
You can read the full article by clicking here.

Geothermal: Nowhere to Go but Up

1/4/2015

 
January 4, 2015 | Tags: Site C, British Columbia

The Globe & Mail's Richard Blackwell interviews Alison Thompson, CanGEA chair.

Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Canada boasts world-class geothermal resources. But we have yet to make major commercial use of these resources. Have you ever wondered why?

In this special Globe & Mail feature our chair, Alison Thompson, answers all of your burning questions about geothermal in Canada, and the primary barriers to its implementation.

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