2 Ind. schools get $6 million in geothermal grants

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $6.3 million to two Indiana colleges to install environmentally friendly geothermal energy systems.

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Feds reviewing Bay Area geothermal energy project

The Energy Department says a project to mine clean energy from the earth is on hold until more study is done to determine whether the drilling could produce earthquakes.

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Utah startup hits geothermal jackpot

Within six months of discovering a massive geothermal field, a small Utah company had erected and fired up a power plant — just one example of the speed with which companies are capitalizing on state mandates for alternative energy.

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Construction workers drilling for a geothermal heat source in the traditional spa town of Wiesbaden created a violent geyser that caused flooding contained only by early Friday morning, Hessian authorities said.

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(CNN) -- Hidden under a quaint resort 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, lies a treasure trove of potential energy that's free and available 24/7. "Imagineer" Bernie Karl and his wife, Connie, own Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks, Alaska.

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LANDAU IN DER PFALZ, Germany — Government officials here are reviewing the safety of a geothermal energy project that scientists say set off an earthquake in mid-August, shaking buildings and frightening many residents of this small city.

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Geothermal power is cost effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly, but it has previously been limited to geographic areas near tectonic plate boundaries.

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ANDERSON SPRINGS – Residents in this tiny Lake County community have complained for years about the earthquakes touched off by the geothermal energy projects that tap the vast reservoir of steam in the mountains behind their homes.

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A truck mounted tower rig has been on-site drilling eight wells, each 150 feet deep, for the pipes for the new geothermal system.

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How does geothermal energy work? Geothermal energy for homes is a cool hot idea. Geothermal energy, specifically geothermal heating and cooling, takes advantage of the perfect temperature under the ground to transfer the savings above the ground.

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Germany's Bid For Solar Excellence Scuppered By Geothermal?

In 1991, a quiet but effective revolution began in Germany. It consisted of 5 paragraphs and didn't even provide any future promises (or funding), but it gave something to the average citizen that he didn't have before...commercial access to the grid.

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Drilling began last week for a geothermal heating and cooling system for the future Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery — the first research facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to use the economical energy source.

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Could hot rocks miles below the earth's surface be the "killer app" of the energy industry? Google thinks so.

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Since the internet loves lists, here are our best-to-worst energy options if we want to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce air pollution, according to Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z Jacobson: 1) Wind power, 2)  …

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Dec. 9, 2008 -- Pilot drilling using new technology has revealed awesome potential for geothermal power in East Africa's Great Rift Valley, the U.N. talks on climate change heard here on Tuesday.

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In a mirror of the Californian plans, the electric transportation company Better Place will aim to build a network of kerbside charging points across Hawaii and create the equivalent of filling stations, where electric car owners will be able to replace their flat batteries for f …

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Drilling for Dollars: Boston Couple "Beats the Street" with Green Home Improvements

(November 2008) The U.S. Department of Energy predicts that the average residential electricity bill will increase 5% this year – and that it will escalate by another 10% in 2009.

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By AL GOREPublished: November 9, 2008The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he — and we — must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civil …

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This is a report by a climate and energy policy group. The report presents many of the ideas that are discussed in the energy and climate debate and provides hard numbers concerning the number of dollars, jobs, tons of CO2 emitted, etc. of all of them.

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Reporting from Reno -- Not far from the blinking casinos of this gambler's paradise lies what could be called the Biggest Little Power Plant in the World.

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In this market, other forms of emission-free power generation should be given equal treatment. Why should the nuke builders get such massive loan guarantees while a wind, solar or geothermal developer trying to raise debt capital in a difficult market doesn't?

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As utility costs mount ever higher, Americans now have real options to take home energy matters into their own hands with "green" systems that can pay for themselves in as little as a few years.

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With skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, geothermal heating & cooling is growing at an incredible speed. Bud and Velma Hay share their experience with a geothermal heat pump installation. Also included is a tour of a geothermal manufacturing plant in Indiana.

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Geothermal energy has finally hit the big time. Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, announced today that it is investing $10.25 million in an energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

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In the continuing effort to develop electricity from renewable energy cheaper than from coal, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), through its philanthropic arm Google.org, announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

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The United States' first net-zero community is coming soon to Arvada Colorado! Dubbed Geos, the development will employ a sterling roster of alternative energy strategies to cut its consumption fossil fuels and become completely self-sustainable.

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Alaskan volcanoes will be harnessed to power thousands of homes. State officials are set to auction off the exploration rights for Mount Spurr, a 3.4 kilometer-tall stratovolcano in the Aleutian Volcanic Arc of Alaska. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

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