Geothermal Energy
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Oregon logs solid geothermal grades
A national geothermal group says Oregon has become one of the industry’s hotspots. The Washington, D.C-based Geothermal Energy Association cited Oregon’s 18 geothermal ongoing and planned projects…
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AltaRock announces success with Oregon geothermal test
AltaRock Energy is reporting success at its Newberry Volcano Enhanced Geothermal Systems Demonstration, announcing last week it created three reservoirs within a single wellbore at its geothermal demonstration…
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Hawaii Electric Light Co. looking for geothermal energy developers
Hawaii Electric Light Co. said Friday that it filed a proposed final geothermal request for proposals with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. HELCO, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:…
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Klamath geothermal project lands $1.75M federal grant
A pair of companies aiming to build a 10-megawatt geothermal plant in the Lower Klamath Lake National Wildlife Refuge announced Wednesday a $1.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Technip…
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Newberry geothermal project secures BLM permit
Newberry EGS, a joint venture of Davenport Newberry and AltaRock Energy, on Wednesday announced a key approval from the Bureau of Land Management to move forward to the second phase of a geothermal demonstration…
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Report shows geothermal heating up across Oregon
Geothermal development is kicking up in Oregon, with the Geothermal Energy Association’s most recent survey showing up to 330 megwatts of new geothermal projects in development. That means increased…
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Neal Hot Springs geothermal plant ready to switch on
Neal Hot Springs, the 22-megawatt geothermal facility in Malheur County in southeast Oregon, is nearing mechanical completion and set to roll turbines. The $140-million facility has been in development…
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California officials plan geothermal energy summit
Political leaders and geothermal energy and industry officials are gathering next month in Sacramento to discuss ways to help achieve California's clean power goals. The GEA (Geothermal Energy Association)…
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AltaRock Newberry project breaks new geothermal ground
AltaRock Energy Inc. and its partners are beginning an ambitious $43.8 million project in the Deschutes National Forest, intended to broaden the possibilities for geothermal power development and financing…
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Oregon No. 3 for geothermal energy development
Oregon is the third busiest state when it comes to geothermal energy development, according to the annual report released Tuesday by the Geothermal Energy Association. The Annual U.S. Geothermal Power…
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Geothermal energy plant planned for Klamath wildlife refuge
A geothermal power plant planned in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex would be the first in the U.S. to tap a new technology that can efficiently convert lower-temperature geothermal resources…
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Lawrence Livermore to work with Navajo Nation on energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will help the Navajo Nation develop its extensive energy resources, including coal, oil, gas, uranium and wind, solar and water power. The lab signed a memorandum…
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Hawaii utility looks to add 50MW of geothermal to grid
Hawaii Electric Light Co. said Friday that it hopes to add up to 50 megawatts of geothermal energy on the Big Island. The utility, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE: HE), plans to ask…
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Google shut down its clean energy program
Google Inc. said last week it will abandon its Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal initiative — which Google displayed as RE Sausalito-based AltaRock, both of which are developing innovative enhanced…
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Blumenauer proposes renewable energy tax credit extension
U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) joined with Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) to introduce a bill to extend the federal tax credit for production of wind power, geothermal power, hydropower and…
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Snohomish PUD drills geothermal well
Snohomish Public Utility District will start drilling for hot water next week, hoping to find enough geothermal heat to eventually build a $100 million, 20-megawatt power plant. The 5,000-foot “deep…
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Livermore, Berkeley labs get geothermal funding
Both Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory got promises of money from the Department of Energy for geothermal energy projects. Berkeley Lab will get nearly $5…
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Ormat Technologies eyes geothermal-rich Oregon
Geothermal company Ormat Technologies Inc. appears to be pursuing more geothermal development in the Lake County area. The company has been mum on details, but local officials say Ormat has lately pursued…
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In Hawaii, transition to renewables causes angst
It would be a stretch to say that Hawaii’s renewable energy companies, the utilities and the public are moving together in harmony toward a clean energy future. Often the transition looks more like…
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Hawaii wind farm concerned about geothermal expansion
A planned 8-megawatt expansion of geothermal energy on the Big Island is threatening to limit the amount of energy that Hawaii Electric Light Co. draws from the Pikini Nui wind farm, according to its owners. Puna…
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Geothermal capacity could double in 10 years
The number crunchers at Pike Research came out with a new report Monday showing that geothermal energy capacity, thanks to an increased level of investment, could more than double by 2020. Geothermal…
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DOE finalizes $96.8M guarantee for Oregon geothermal project
The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday finalized a $96.8 million loan guarantee to U.S. Geothermal Inc. to support a geothermal power project in Malheur County, Eastern Oregon. The guarantee fell slightly…
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Ormat Technologies will increase geothermal power in Hawaii
Hawaii Electric Light Co. Inc. and Ormat Technologies Inc. have signed a power purchase agreement for eight more megawatts of geothermal power on the Big Island. Under the agreement, Ormat Technologies’…
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Lakeview geothermal plan draws criticism
Lakeview is poised to draw water from hot pools beneath the town's southern fringe to heat five schools and a hospital, saving each one up to $100,000 a year in oil costs. But opponents to the $2.75 million…
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Colorado IKEA adds solar to geothermal
IKEA's new furniture store in Centennial, Colo., will sport 2,212 solar power panels on its roof when it opens in the fall 2011, the company said Tuesday. Installation of the solar panels, which will…
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