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Opinion: Mighty River Power tests $430m geothermal project
Tue, Jan 19 | from Peak Energy
The National Business review has an article on the expanding geothermal power industry in New Zealand - Mighty River Power tests $430m geothermal project, lodges consent for another. Mighty River Power is a step closer to completing its $430 million Nga Awa Purua geothermal power stati...
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Opinion: Pumping CO2 Underground to Extract Geothermal Energy
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Mon, Nov 16 | from Treehugger
Opinion: Daily Sprout
Carbon Capture for Geothermal Energy: Carbon dioxide generated by power plants may find a second life being cycled underground, helping to bring heat to the surface where it can be used to generate electricity. Backers of this as-yet-unproven concept secured a big endorsement with the...
Mon, Nov 16 | from earth2tech.com
Opinion: Cheaper Low Temperature Geothermal Power
There's no shortage of geothermal energy under our feet. Drill deep enough and the heat is there. An MIT-led study from 2006 concluded that geothermal power systems have the potential to supply 100 gigawatts of power to the United States by 2050, but only if new drilling and rock-fracturin...
Sat, Jul 25 | from Peak Energy
Opinion: WA lags in energy race
Australia Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal power resources abound in WA, but compared with states such as Tasmania, where hydro-electric sources supply 90 per cent of electricity needs, WA's renewable energy credentials are dismal. ...
Tue, Jun 2 | from NEWS.com.au
Opinion: Geothermal energy progresses - slowly
The topic of “hot rock” geothermal energy has been covered a number of times in LP, the first being this post by Steve Edney back in 2006. Australia has little volcanically hot rocks close to the surface; however, in some parts of Australia, rocks kilometres below the surface are nice and to...
Thu, Apr 9 | from Peak Energy
Opinion: Geothermal industry plan launched in Australia
The ABC reports that a geothermal energy plan has been launched in Australia to make it a baseload power source (this is different to schemes to make wider use of low temperature geothermal power) - Geothermal industry plan launched.
Mon, Dec 1 | from Peak Energy
