http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/geothermal-power Geothermal Power - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1364731?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 02/18/2010 - Raser Technologies, Inc...... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1364731?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1364114?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Geothermal startups and university grants funded by Google.org... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1364114?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1361898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The topic of space exploration has gotten much media attention lately, mainly focused on the uncertain fate of future US manned space efforts in light of the cancellation of NASA's Constellation program in the administration's new budget. After the... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:21:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1361898?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1348950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 01/28/2010 - The United States continues to lead the world in geothermal energy capacity and growth, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) said recently in a a href= http://www...... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1348950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1338094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Geothermal is boiling hot these days. Wind and solar might even want to watch out.The industry is adding 144 geothermal power plants in 14 states, says Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association. Thats up from 121 projects o... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:06:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1338094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1337668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Enhanced geothermal without the earthquakes... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:46:31 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1337668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1331217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The start of my seventh year of blogging on energy and its related environmental concerns coincides with the start of a new decade, unless you're of the traditional school that believes the twenty-teens don't really begin until next January 1. Over ... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:07:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1331217?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1329231?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Happy 2010, folks. Figured after the break I d kick off the year with a list of things I was hoping to see in 2009 but, sadly, didn t see.Might as well get talk of EEStor out of the way. The introduction of 2010 was another missed deadline for ZE... Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:06:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1329231?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1328312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Geothermal energy is a renewable, carbon-free and baseload energy source that we don t hear enough about.... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:13:03 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1328312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1317159?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The company in charge of a California project to extract vast amounts of renewable energy from deep, hot bedrock has removed its drill rig and informed federal officials that the government project will be abandoned.... Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:52:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/1317159?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1316356?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures rose above $71 a barrel after China set new refining records and announced a big increase in November oil imports, Bloomberg reports. The IEA sees a rebound in Chinese demand and ups its forecast of 2010 oil demand, in the WSJ.There... Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:24:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1316356?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1313387?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The U.S. Army and LEED architects. Not exactly two groups you expect to be hanging out at cocktail parties together.But in an effort to reduce energy consumption, the Army has commissioned the construction of two net zero energy duplexes at Fort Camb... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:56:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1313387?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1311814?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 I have a feature in today s Toronto Star that looks at the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest, and how the largest Indian reservation in America is pursuing an economic development strategy based on mining and burning mo... Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:02:36 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1311814?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1309600?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Want another sign the permafrost on wind investments is thawing? GE Energy Financial Services is back.Associated PressHe s back.GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, said Wednesday it would invest in a $117 million expansion of an Oklahoma wi... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:05:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1309600?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1308462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Every year, Exxon Mobil publishes an Energy Outlook. It is a thoughtful view of what the company believes the future holds.Associated PressThe Oracle of Exxon?And while this years Outlook isnt due to be published for a few more days, Exxon executive ... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:29:19 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1308462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1306620?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 My friend Tom Rand has a short but no less interesting video filmed during a presentation he gave recently in Toronto. Rand helped build a green hotel that emits a quarter of the emissions of a comparable hotel. The workhouse behind this appr... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:09:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1306620?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1300155?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Introduced by Venture Beat's Matt Marshall as The best known investor in Web 1.0, involved in the founding of Amazon, Netscape, and Google, John Doerr and his firm, Kleiner Perkins, have raised a billion dollars to be channeled into greentech. G... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:39:41 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1300155?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1297399?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures rose above $77 a barrel thanks to a weak dollar and strong growth in Japan, Bloomberg reports.U.S. natural gas producers are drilling their own graves by continuing to boost production, in the WSJ.Repsol is sitting pretty with lots ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:15:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1297399?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1295510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Until now I've avoided the debate over a proposed wind project in Texas involving Chinese investors, federal renewable energy stimulus grants and wind turbines from China, mainly because I didn't think I had anything salient to add to the unpleasant ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1295510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1294557?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 11/11/2009 - Ormat Technologies, Inc...... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1294557?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1290464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Some random links and observations on a Friday:Apparently not every reader picked up on the fact that my last post was tongue-in-cheek. Guess you had to be there. Fortunately, Scott was in fact there...David Gold wrote recently on some of the sam... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1290464?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1284503?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The federal government handed out $338 million in grants Thursday to speed up the development of geothermal energy.FlickrWhere there s steam Most of the money went out west, with projects and companies in Nevada, California and Oregon snagging th... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:34:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1284503?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1284504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures hovered near $80 a barrel after strong U.S. GDP growth in the third quarter, Bloomberg reports.Exxon is shifting its strategy to jumpstart profits after years of spending to boost its share price. And Repsols roll continues, with an... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:05:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1284504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1283996?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Is everybody but me getting money?The Department of Energy once again opened the money bag. This time, it awarded $338 million for 123 projects. The funds will be matched by $353 million in private funds.The DOE broke up the awards into six categorie... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:24:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1283996?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1283647?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati has launched a web portal primarily for investors and startups that tracks grants, loan guarantees and other financing mechanisms available at the state and local level.As an added bonus, it also includes all of the... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:35:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1283647?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1283264?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 From Reuters:Climate change presents a global crisis, but can also provide an economic opportunity of vast proportions, Dan Reicher, director of climate change initiatives at Google told the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.Besides ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:58:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1283264?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1281140?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 CO2-G [CO2 Geothermal] is projected to have the lowest cost of any form of energy and is the only source of energy that permanantly sequesters carbon. Those are the words of Mark Muir, co-founder of GreenFire Energy, a startup with an innovative twi... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1281140?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1274418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA), an established geothermal energy developer, has formed a joint venture with installer Sunday Energy.The deal represents Ormat's entry into the solar market, the company said. Reno-based Ormat is known for developing ge... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:36:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1274418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1269181?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 I've devoted a lot of space in this blog to explaining why we need all of the energy choices currently available to us, including energy efficiency, in order for our economy to have the energy it needs to grow. Although we can't drill our way to ener... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1269181?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1269139?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Calgary-based Alter NRG Corp., which has plasma gasification technology that can turn biomass and coal into syngas, is also going after the energy-from-waste market. The company announced today that it has signed an MOU with Dufferin County in Ontari... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:37:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1269139?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1267950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 When the Alberta government announced last week that it would be handing over $745 million to Shell Canada so it could move ahead with its Quest commercial-scale CCS project, and when the federal government said it would chip in another $120 million,... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:24:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1267950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1263861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 ... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1263861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1261124?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Plasma gasification company Alter NRG Corp. of Calgary has acquired Mississauga-based Clean Energy Developments Corp. (CED) for $18.4 million. It s an odd deal, when you consider Alter NRG s main business is to build systems that gasify coal and ... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:11:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1261124?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1260057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Geothermal power plants can extract lithium from underground brine and sell it to battery makers. One geothermal project is turning to startup Simbol Mining to try it out.... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:28:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1260057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1256447?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 After being relentlessly negative about the solar industry since the summer of 2008, investment bank HSBC is starting to warm up to the sector again. A ray of hopeThe upshot: The worst of the solar sectors woes may be behind us. That doesnt mean the ... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:07:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1256447?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1255224?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 (Semi-live blogging from the Going Green event at Cavallo Point in San Francisco)Lee McIntire, CEO, CH2M Hill What really worries me is water, not energy A steak has 6000 to 8000 liters of water embedded in its production (Stop eating meat?)Upwards o... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:34:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1255224?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1253963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Keep an eye on Californias renewable-energy policies. They could, like so much else in the Bear Republic, have big national implications. A green veto? (AP)This weekend, the state legislature passed a pair of bills enshrining the long-sought goal of ... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:48:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1253963?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1252463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures hovered around $71 a barrel as the weak dollar and Chinese demand have become the biggest drivers, Bloomberg reports. Natural gas finally joins the party, jumping 15% yesterday after less-scary-than-expected storage data, in the WSJ... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:12:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1252463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1251668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Forget the solar panels, micro-wind turbines and geothermal wells. Instead, think central air retrofits, rainwater capture and waterless urinals.That's one takeaway from real estate management firm Jones Lang LaSalle's experience in making new and ex... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:09:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1251668?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1247843?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 It s unfortunate that AltaRock is having such a tough time with its enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) project in northern California. The company has suspended drilling on its first well, citing geological anomolies, and it plans to regroup a... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:57:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1247843?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1245930?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 AltaRock Energy, the geothermal startup backed by Google, Kleiner, Perkin, Caufield & Beyers and Khosla Ventures, has suspended drilling its first well for a demonstration project at a geothermal field in Northern California.The company said it had ... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:37:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1245930?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1246038?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures are charging toward $70 a barrel thanks to a drop in U.S. gasoline inventories; The market has probably found a bottom, one analyst tells Bloomberg.BPs giant oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico is exciting oil watchers. For starters... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:02:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1246038?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1245701?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 ... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1245701?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1242384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Is green, renewable energy a sexy enough topic to be the centrepiece of a coffee table book? Tom Rand, who leads cleantech development at Toronto s MaRS Centre, believes so. In fact, he figures that it s just such a book that will expose a broade... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:02:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1242384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1241663?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The federal government will be one of the largest customers for building retrofits. Hallowell is tackling the market with improved heat pump systems for Air Force Base housing in New Jersey.... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:02:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1241663?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1222861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Yesterday's photo-op at an Indiana RV factory for the purpose of announcing more federal assistance for the electric vehicle industry came just a few days after Nissan debuted its Leaf electric car, which might become the first mass-market EV in the ... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:52:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1222861?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1218773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Been crazy busy this past week but there s been no shortage of interesting news in the cleantech and green energy space, so I ll summarize a few of them here instead of doing individual posts. BTW: Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.Click to... Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:32:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1218773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1218028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 The U.S. Armys National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, is where the army prepares for its toughest missions. Now Ft. Irwin has another: Step to the front of the Armys efforts to get greener.Acciona s solar-thermal plant in Nevada (AP)The... Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:48:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1218028?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1208836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures hovered around $64 a barrel ahead of U.S. inventory data expected to show a rise in gasoline stocks even in the middle of peak driving season, Bloomberg reports. Halliburton and other oil-services companies are more optimistic about... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:39:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1208836?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1206276?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45 Crude oil futures slumped slightly due to a stronger dollar in the wake of the Jakarta bombings, Bloomberg reports. Natural-gas prices soared yesterday amid signs U.S. production is finally tailing off, in the WSJ. The Obama administration plans to g... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:44:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-environmental-capital/1206276?rsstype=populararticles&cid=45