]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/geothermal-energy Geothermal Energy - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/78742?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Fans of the old Tim Allen sit-com Home Improvement will remember his default solution to just about any problem: MORE POWER! Well, sceintists are taking that mantra to heart in their quest to tap new energy reserves. The USA is aldready second onl... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:09:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/78742?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/78137?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Raser Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RZ) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Merrill Lynch for the structuring and financing of up to 155 megawatts (MW) of Raser's geothermal power plants, including a commitment letter from Merrill Lynch ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:16:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/78137?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/77819?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. invites you to meet management at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference Visit us at Booth #204 January 20-21, 2008 Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre 200-999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC Exhbit Hall Hours Sunda... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:17:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/77819?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsHere's a blog devoted entirely to geothermal energy in Washington state. Apparently there's a need:The hot zone of California, Nevada (the Saudi Arabia of geothermal), Idaho and Oregon could produce tens of thousands of megawatts alo... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:41:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/76477?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/75195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 This was an interesting article that I received earlier today that captured my attention with the quote: I see the most potential for robust returns in Nevada Geothermal among geothermal developers. As you know, we are big supporters of the...... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:52:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/75195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/75169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 I did two top Ten lists to bring in the New Year. First, I picked ten speculative plays in renewable energy and energy efficiency that I think will do well. This was a 3 part series:Part I: LED Stocks and Ultracapacitor stocksPart II: Batteries, Di... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:30:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/75169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/75024?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Call them predictions, call it my own personal wishlist, but 2008 is poised to be a pivotal year for clean technologies. We've got a U.S. presidential election in November that could dramatically change the course of post-Kyoto climate talks and fin... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:30:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/75024?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Thanks again to all of you who participated in the Cleantech Investing Readers' Survey over the past week. Pretty good turnout, actually, esp. considering how many folks were on vacation and out of the office over the past few days As promised... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:16:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/74796?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/74717?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced recently that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved four new renewable energy power purchase agreements. The four renewable projects three utility-scale solar and one geothermal wi... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/74717?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/74386?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Zero. That's how many power plants in Canada use high-temperature geothermal heat to generate electricity. It's estimated that British Columbia alone could have 6,000 megawatts of easy geothermal potential, and as I point out in my latest Clean Br... Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:19:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/74386?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/74577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Now that i've got your attention i was sent this video from a geothermal supporter. It's about a science teacher trying to prove that it's not about if global warming will or will not happen but instead what we should...... Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/74577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsBack in 2003, the Bush administration sent a negotiating team to Milan for international climate talks. The lead negotiator, then as now, was Harlan Watson. As he always does, Watson attempted to claim that the U.S. was, despite all a... Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:23:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73675?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73393?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Jon RynnRecently George Monbiot argued that humanity must figure out a way to leave the fossil fuels in the ground: Most of the governments of the rich world now exhort their citizens to use less carbon. They encourage us to change our lightbul... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:27:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73393?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsThe other day I was thinking I should gather together in one place all the stories from this year about coal getting rejected. And I was feeling lazy, and wishing someone else would do it for me. And look, someone else did! Check it ... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:31:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73338?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73173?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsTyler Hamilton ran across some elaborate, multibillion-dollar plans for a carbon capture and sequestration network in Canada, geared around enhanced oil recovery. Naturally it was asking the government (read: Canadian taxpayers) to as... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:02:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/73173?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Ormat Technologies, Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the sale of energy to be produced by a new plant that will be built in Imperial Valley, Calif. The pla... Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/73097?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/72997?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 It's frustrating sometimes. There's so much talk about what we can do down the road to mitigate climate change that there's less talk -- and certainly little action -- when it comes to taking meaningful action today. Earlier this month a bunch of Can... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:31:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/72997?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/72849?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Jon RynnRecently there have been a number of discussion concerning economic growth and global warming. Some have argued that the effort to prevent as much global warming as possible will incur unacceptable costs to the global economy in terms of g... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:48:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/72849?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/72789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 I was directed to this essay by a good friend of the pro-edge team Graeme Irvine on The Transforming World of Energy Systems written by Byron King. I have written previously on another article by Byron about the lack of...... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:08:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/72789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/72708?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 As I was mulling over a story in the Wall Street Journal the other day, concerning the difficulties faced by companies seeking to re-license existing nuclear power plants in some parts of the country, it occurred to me that the nuclear industry might... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/72708?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/71991?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Guest authorThis is a guest essay from Ross Gelbspan, who's retired from a 30-year career as an editor and reporter at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. He is author of The Heat Is On and Boiling Point, and he ... Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:03:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/71991?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/71474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Yesterday the House of Representative passed compromise energy legislation, an amended version of the previous HR.6 that the Senate passed earlier in the year, by a margin of 235-181. The bill now goes to the Senate for a final vote, which could take... Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/71474?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/71238?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 After long hours of negotiations that have stretched long into the night for the past week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems to have cobbled together a deal that will send a strong energy bill out of the House, likely tomorrow. Rumors last month tha... Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:43:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/71238?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/71116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By John Addison (12/5/07). When Coke and Pepsi were in the middle of their diet wars, California was an early battle ground. It is a state which tends to do much in excess, including drinking colas. In fact, only a handful ... Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/71116?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/70959?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Brian Fairbank, President and CEO of Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSX.V: NGP / OTCBB:NGLPF) will be speaking at the Equities Magazine Discovery Day Conference. This conference will take place at the Princeton Club of New York on Friday, December 7th... Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:14:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/70959?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70726?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Joseph RommThis post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. A few weeks ago, one of the presidential candidates' advisors challenged a group of climate leaders to descri... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:10:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70726?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70732?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Jon RynnIt is increasingly argued by people who used to be climate change deniers that preventing global warming will be too expensive to contemplate; even the Stern report, which was put together by a sympathetic economist, estimates that the wor... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:59:03 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70732?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsOK, if you're just joining us in this apparently interminable series, here's where we've been: Jeremy said the power players in China and India (C&I) care about money, not climate. But if that's true, they're not going to go fo... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:41:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/70735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/70612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Living in Vancouver, where a lot of small mining companies have set up their headquarters, I was quite shocked to stumble upon a large number of geothermal energy companies located in the same amazing city. I set out to try to learn a little bit mor... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:05:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/70612?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/69705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 The Washington Post reports on Google's new renewable energy R&D efforts:Google Inc (GOOG.O) said on Tuesday it plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help drive down the cost of electricity made from renewable energy below the price of co... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/69705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/69716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Google recently announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE C, will focus initially on advanced solar th... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/69716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/69590?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Today, Google announced it's newest initiative: RE C.RE C aims to develop energy from renewable energy sources rather than more costly coal; initially focused on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and o... Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/69590?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/69266?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 My Clean Break column in today's Toronto Star takes a look at some of the barriers to deploying certain renewable technologies, such as low-temperature geothermal, on a wide scale. A report came out last week saying Canadian municipalities would need... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:59:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/69266?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/72790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 We've had a very busy and successful week for our client Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSX: NGP)(OTCBB: NGLPF) since attending the San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference on November 18-19, 2007. During the two days of presentations, panels a... Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/72790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/68849?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 The Canadian Solar Industries Association held its annual conference in Toronto this week and a more than doubling of attendance showed that solar technologies are being taken much more seriously in Canada, particularly Ontario. The province offers 4... Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:37:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/68849?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/68757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsThis is part one of a guest essay from Jeremy Carl, a Research Fellow at the Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development. A few weeks ago, I wrote a rather heated post keyed off an interview with Carl in Wi... Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:35:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/68757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/67735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Join Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSX.V: NGP) at the San Francisco Hard Assets Conference. This conference will take place on November 18th and 19th, at the San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, California. We will be present at..... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:09:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/67735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/67510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By Senator Bernie Sanders As a member of both the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee it is my view that the time is long overdue for Congress to go beyond deal making and politics as usu... Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:26:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/67510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/66529?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Join us today, Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 4:30 PM EST (or 1:30 PM PT) for a live webcast with Brian Fairbank, President & CEO - Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSX.V: NGP) as he presents at the Pacific Growth Equities...... Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:36:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/66529?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/66293?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Solar technologies get way too much attention when, in reality, the benefits today of geothermal energy and putting geoexchange systems in homes and businesses are much more compelling. The payback is shorter, and avoidance of greenhouse gas emiss... Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:40:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/66293?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/66285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 I've been writing a lot about how we'll get around in the face of much higher oil prices. Several articles this month deal with how we can best invest in the eventual solutions.October 2nd: Efficienct Transit and Transmission Stocks from Fortune Mag... Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:14:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/66285?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/65890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 USNews.com has a very, but good, article on the Power Revolution that is developing now. They attribute venture capitalists as the prime mover of this revolution with Vinod Khosla being emblematic of this technology entrepreneurship. They focus on ... Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:13:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-blog/65890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/65833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (TSX.V: NGP) has some good news today. They have just announced the closing of US$20 million bridge financing with Glitnir Banki Hf. To read the news press release, please click here.... Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:55:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/geothermal-power-blog/65833?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/65798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=38 By David RobertsHere is Hillary Clinton's comprehensive new climate and energy plan, just introduced: ----- Powering America's Future: Hillary Clinton's Plan to Address the Energy and Climate Crisis Hillary understands that we face two immense... 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