• SINGLE BOREHOLE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION

    Updated: 2010-04-30 05:45:16
    Search Sign Up Sign In Main My Page Members Events Discuss Groups Links Notes Photos Videos Blogs Chat All Blog Posts My Blog Add a Blog Post SINGLE BOREHOLE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION Posted by George E Lockett on March 21, 2008 at 7:50am View George E Lockett's blog Recycling spent oil and gas wells Having seen the problems disposing of the Brent Spar oil platform , it is time to look for alternate uses for offshore platforms when it becomes uneconomical for them to continue production . One alternate use could be the extraction of geothermal energy . The continental shelf in the UK , where these platforms are situated , has a relatively thin earth's crust , giving the wells high bottom hole temperatures . Heat from these wells can be utilised to

  • SunPower Tapped By PG&E For Additional 40 MW

    Updated: 2010-04-30 05:00:04
    Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) (PCG:NYSE) announced today that they have executed an agreement with SunPower Corp. (SPWRA, SPWRB:NASDAQ) for the development of a 250 MW (megawatt) solar photovoltaic power plant in San Luis Obispo County, CA.The Califo...

  • Cape Wind is New Source of U.S. Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-04-29 21:44:48
    By John Addison (4/29/10)The United States now has a new source of clean electricity for homes, buildings, and industrial stationary power and also for the growing use of electricity in rail and electric cars. Wind power is especially available at ni...

  • FloDesign Aims to Expand Wind Turbine Business

    Updated: 2010-04-29 05:42:18
    Backed with a $3 million assistance from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Wilbraham-based FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. will expand its operations in the state. The company is recognized as the developer of a U.S. Department of Energy-...

  • Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race?

    Updated: 2010-04-28 17:30:25
    The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference presents “Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race? (Innovation, Policy, and China)”, the fifth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address global energy challenges. Panels will discuss new innovations in electric vehicle technology, the opportunities and challenges from China, and the policies that are [...]

  • First Solar Buying NextLight Renewable Power for $285M

    Updated: 2010-04-28 17:30:09
    San Francisco-based NextLight Renewable Power has been acquired by solar module manufacturer First Solar. First Solar said it would pay about $285M in cash for NextLight.NextLight has a project pipeline worth 1.1GW based in south-western United State...

  • Climate Leadership Cuts Across Generations

    Updated: 2010-04-27 17:10:08
    A couple weeks ago, I took the liberty on this blog to write a open letter in support of my good friend, Christiana Figueres to be the next Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. While that selection process is ongoing for another couple weeks it appear...

  • Green Energy Portal Launched

    Updated: 2010-04-27 05:00:19
    Green Energy Portal Launched for Quick Public Access to Renewable Energy Research Oak Ridge, TN - Gr

  • The Kids are Alright

    Updated: 2010-04-27 05:00:17
    A couple weeks ago, I took the liberty on this blog to write a open letter in support of my good friend, Christiana Figueres to be the next Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. While that selection process is ongoing for another couple weeks it appear...

  • Has Ottawa put moratorium on conventional coal power?

    Updated: 2010-04-27 05:00:15
    Saw a few stories today, based on an article that appeared in the Globe and Mail, suggesting the federal government has drawn the line when it comes to coal-fired power plants, or at least the kind of plants that don't capture and permanently store ...

  • Cleantech Open Alumni Secure $65 Million In Funding and Grants During Initial Months of 2010

    Updated: 2010-04-27 05:00:13
    04/26/2010 - The Cleantech Open, the world's largest clean-technology business competition, announced that two finalists from the 2009 Cleantech Open have just secured venture capital funding, propelling each company toward commercial success:...

  • PV Cell Prototype Generates Electricity from IR and UV Light

    Updated: 2010-04-26 16:50:19
    Solar energy is present in abundance around us. The problem is how to harness a substantial portion of it for human use. How to raise the efficiency bar of solar conversion into electricity? Scientists are continuously engaged in finding a way out ...

  • Robert Bryce's 5 Myths shows Ignorance

    Updated: 2010-04-26 16:50:18
    First Sarah Palin, now Robert Bryce taking pot shots around things they barely understand: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042302220.html1) Solar and Wind take up too much land: If you just focus on rooftop solar...

  • Robert Boyce's 5 Myths show ignorance

    Updated: 2010-04-26 04:40:13
    First Sarah Palin, now Robert Boyce taking pot shots around things they barely understand1) Solar and Wind take up too much land: If you just focus on rooftop solar and buffer land at airports, brownfields, wastewater treatment facilities, and milita...

  • Robert Boyce's 5 Myths shows Ignorance

    Updated: 2010-04-26 04:40:11
    First Sarah Palin, now Robert Boyce taking pot shots around things they barely understand: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042302220.html1) Solar and Wind take up too much land: If you just focus on rooftop solar...

  • Indonesia's Geothermal Potential Remains Untapped

    Updated: 2010-04-24 04:00:15
    By Titania Veda (Jakarta Globe) Geothermal energy could conceivably power the entire archipelago, bu

  • Hawaiian Solar Farm Keahole Solar Raises $18M

    Updated: 2010-04-24 04:00:05
    It was a good Earth Day in Hawaii as Honolulu's Keahole Solar Co. has secured nearly $18M of a $21M funding round, according to a regulatory filing. No investor information was disclosed.The firm is led by CEO Darren Kimura who is currently involved ...

  • What's the state of climate change policy these days?

    Updated: 2010-04-24 04:00:04
    To those you who missed it, below is the link to a web panel on the state of climate change policies and developments that I participated in for Brightalk today. The panelists:- Emilie Mazzacurati, Manager, Carbon Market Research North America, Point...

  • Sustainability Gets Sophisticated

    Updated: 2010-04-24 04:00:03
    Report finds a shift from tracking carbon emissions to analyzing every link in supply chain efficiency....

  • Earth Day and ETP

    Updated: 2010-04-23 03:40:11
    Happy Earth Day, everyone!  Did you know that today, April 22, 2010, is the 40th anniversary of Eart

  • U.S. GEOTHERMAL (NYSE: HTM & TSX: GTH) AWARDED LARGE ADVANCED STEAM CONCESSION IN GUATEMALA

    Updated: 2010-04-23 03:40:10
    U.S. Geothermal Inc., was recently awarded a geothermal energy rights concession in Guatemala. The c

  • G4G Resources (TSX: GXG) Announces Revised Terms of Agreement to Acquire Interest in Geothermal Properties in Argentina

    Updated: 2010-04-23 03:40:08
    G4G Resources Ltd announces that it has entered into an amending agreement that revises the terms un

  • We Remember the Past, We Have Faith in the Future

    Updated: 2010-04-23 03:39:59
    Every year since we launched Cleantech Blog this week marks a massive inflow of green press releases, phone calls, announcements and interview requests. It always seems oddly out of place, and anything important we have to say always just seems los...

  • Marin Clean Energy Delivers Better Power

    Updated: 2010-04-22 15:30:02
    As the battle over Proposition 16 wages in California, energy upstart may not be able to outspend utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG:NYSE), but it can deliver better electricity to its customers.Today Marin Clean Energy announced that electric...

  • American Superconductor Keeps Cranking With Latest Order

    Updated: 2010-04-22 03:20:07
    Wind power continues to be at the forefront of renewable energy choices and American Superconductor (AMSC:NASDAQ) continues to ride this trend successfully as today they announced a follow-on order for 30 sets of 1.65 megawatt (MW) wind turbine compo...

  • WHEB chosen by Environmental Innovation Fund

    Updated: 2010-04-22 03:20:05
    WHEB Ventures is the first fund to receive investment from the Hermes Private Equity Environmental Innovation Fund. WHEB Ventures focuses on Cleantech companies with solutions for resource efficiency and conservation and invests predominantly on Eur...

  • Wind Key To Powering EU's Future

    Updated: 2010-04-21 03:00:13
    There's a reason major wind turbine producers like GE (GE:NYSE) and Siemens (SI:NYSE) have recently announced plans to develop manufacturing facilities in the UK. Leading wind experts at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) annou...

  • ICELAND IS A BOILER

    Updated: 2010-04-19 02:18:49
    Iceland is the coldest country in the world. A volcano eruption burst through a glacier, in Eyjafjal

  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Reykjavik Energy to join forces

    Updated: 2010-04-17 01:37:44
    By Think GeoEnergy In joint news from Japan and Iceland, “Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Re

  • DOE to okay 5 EDC geothermal contracts - 04/15/2010

    Updated: 2010-04-15 13:07:44
    The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to approve five more geothermal projects of Energy Development

  • Geothermal Enegy

    Updated: 2010-04-15 00:57:20
    Geothermal energy I think most of us have heard the term “Renewable Energy”, energy that comes from

  • Geothermal Enegy

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:53:07
    Geothermal energy I think most of us have heard the term “Renewable Energy”, energy that comes from

  • l'home Croissant chapter n.1-2: the exhoust pipe by roixes

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:53:02
    STOP THE CAR !!… what’s this smell I’m perceiving!!!!??

  • l'home Croissant power: radiacted smelling sensor by roixes

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:53:00
    after talking with his friends and family, the Amazing home croissant, decided it was time to go out

  • l'home Croissant power: great dancing skills by roixes

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:52:59
    after talking with his friends and family, the Amazing home croissant, decided it was time to go out

  • l'home Croissant power: strong body jump! by roixes

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:52:58
    after talking with his friends and family, the Amazing home croissant, decided it was time to go out

  • l'home Croissant power " touch to heal plants and animals " by roixes

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:52:57
    after talking with his friends and family, the Amazing home croissant, decided it was time to go out

  • Philippine National Oil Co. unit bags 2 geothermal deals

    Updated: 2010-04-11 23:52:56
    By Donnabelle L Gatdula (The Philippine Star) PNOC-Renewables Corp., the renewable energy unit of go

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