Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:03:23 CDT renewableenergyworld.com
Early this year, the U.S. geothermal industry caught a rare win with the passage of a PTC provision that allows projects to qualify for the tax credit as long as they are "under construction" by the end of the year. Many had been hopeful that the provision would help kickstart geothermal development in the U.S.
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:12:21 CDT greentechmedia.com
And of those 175 projects, according to the GEA, 148 (84 percent) are conventional hydrothermal resources in "unproduced" areas where plants have not been developed before.
Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:42:13 CDT renewableenergyworld.com
The geothermal industry has been struggling with the same barriers to development for years. It's a frustrating situation: while geothermal is a reliable, steady baseload form of renewable energy, its development expenses overshadow its obvious long-term benefits.
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:21:00 CDT yahoo.com
The past 12 months saw continued economic challenges for many American industries, including those in the renewable energy field, but the country's geothermal community witnessed a year of growth, both domestically and abroad.
Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:33:27 CDT utilityproducts.com
The Cooper Basin could become home to Australia's second geothermal power plant, generating electricity using hot rocks below the ground. Geothermal energy company Geodynamics is currently fracking, without chemicals, its sixth well near Innamincka in... Hot rocks cool for geothermal industry ABC Online Geodynamics eyes Savo project Solomon Star all 4 news articles
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:59:06 CDT net.au
In August, one of Australia's largest geothermal supporters, Origin Energy wrote of it's investments in Geodynamics' Cooper Basin project, one of Australia's only active geothermal projects. Origin Energy said it had "not met the expectations for a... Geodynamics eyes Savo project Solomon Star all 2 news articles
Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:02:25 CDT renewableenergyworld.com
The U.S. geothermal industry's recent innovations contribute to increasing potential for the use of geothermal to power the renewable energy future, but high upfront risks and costs of development are one reason geothermal needs federal funding programs to expand.
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:11:38 CDT yahoo.com
GNS Science is taking its geothermal energy expertise to Chile next week where it will run workshops in computer modelling of geothermal fields for the geothermal industry in Chile. The Chileans have asked for the two three-day workshops to learn to use a New Zealand-developed three-dimensional modelling software that improves the efficiency of developing and running geothermal energy fields
Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:36:03 CDT renewableenergyworld.com
More than 20 US geothermal industry representatives participated in a September 30 US-East Africa Geothermal Partnership (EAGP) meeting in Reno, NV to provide input and feedback on activities to be included in the EAGP program.
Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:47:50 CDT seekingalpha.com
Ormat Technologies Inc (NYSE: ORA) is best positioned in the geothermal industry. Most renewable resource power generation is still expensive and has disadvantages that still outweigh the benefits, strictly from a business perspective. Geothermal