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Glitnir projects $29B U.S. geothermal energy sales
Iceland bank says enhanced geothermal technologies are being developed to reach untapped sources. Potential electricity sales from geothermal energy production in the United States could be as high as $29 billion a year, according to Alexander Richter, director of global geothermal energy department at Iceland?s Glitnir Bank. - Read More
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Engineered Geothermal Systems from Groundsource Geothermal
GroundSource Geothermal Inc., of Redwood City, CA, which is developing shallow dry-rock engineered geothermal systems or EGS, at depths ranging between 250 and 400 feet. Unlike standard drilling, their borehole is elliptically-shaped rather than circular, reducing cuttings by 40%. - Read More
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Geothermal in US
Acc to the US Dept of Energy, the geothermal resources in US alone are estimated to exceed 70,000,000 quads. That is enough to supply power for human consumption for hundreds of thousands of years
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Raser specializes in low-boil geothermal
Raser, which specializes in low-boil geothermal sites, started buying leases five years ago on hundreds of thousands of acres that had been passed over because of their lower heat potential. New technology, however, has made low-boil water useable for geothermal power. Raser buys 250-kilowatt power units from UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. - Read More
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Largest geothermal in the world
the largest group of geothermal plants in the world are The Geysers, about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco. The Geysers geothermal basin produces about 900 megawatts of energy, enough to power the city - Read More
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Raser Technologies Big Geothermal Find in USA
Anticipation of new energy policies has sparked a rush on land leases as companies like Raser Technologies Inc., based in Provo, lock up property that holds geothermal fields and potentially huge profits. Raser’s find, about 155 miles southwest of Provo, could eventually power 200,000 homes Dec 2008 - Read More
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