University of Utah researchers will inject cool water and pressurized water into a "dry" geothermal well during a five-year, $10.2 million study aimed at boosting the productivity of geothermal power plants and making them ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 8, 2009
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In a rare emergency move, the U.S government temporarily declared a northern Nevada toad endangered Monday, saying a geothermal power plant in the works could result in its extinction.
Ecology
Apr 4, 2022
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Geothermal energy, a clean, renewable source of energy produced by the heat of the earth, provides about 6 percent of California's total power. That number could be much higher if associated costs were lower. Now scientists ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 2, 2017
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The historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan has activated a geothermal plant—part of a series of environmentally friendly upgrades.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2017
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The Italian premier was in Nevada on Tuesday to attend the formal dedication of the only geothermal power plant in the world that combines geothermal energy with two kinds of solar technology.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 29, 2016
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Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed an industrial-use sheet gasket by alternately laminating composite films of clay and polyimide and expanded graphite ...
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Can sinking geothermal heat pumps into waste water treatment plant aeration ponds provide heating and cooling to lower the plant's energy costs?
Engineering
Nov 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the wake of mining billionaire Clive Palmer’s announcement to build six mines in the Galilee Basin, UQ research is investigating the possibility of emission-free electricity from a plentiful underground ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2010
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(AP) -- Administration officials say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving ahead with plans to sign an executive order establishing the most aggressive renewable energy standard in the nation.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 14, 2009
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