15 Jan 2016
The Institute for Energy and Transport of the European Comision has ellaborated this report, which presents the current status of the major geothermal energy technologies ranging from ground source heat pump systems, direct use facilities to geothermal power plants. Power production from hydrothermal resources where natural permeability coincides with hot bedrocks is a mature technology. The same is true for direct use systems and ground...
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09 Apr 2015
New report explores uses of natural heat for food production and processing. Geothermal energy, the flow of heat energy radiating from the earth’s core, provides unique opportunities for cost efficient, sustainable food production and processing in developing countries, says the new report published by FAO: In some developing economies, as much as half of all food produced is lost post-harvest – that’s due in part...
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31 Mar 2015
If we recently made a post about the US DOE 2014 Annual Report Geothermal Technologies Office, now it is Europe Commission’s turn to inform about the state of geothermal energy in Europe. The Institute for Energy and Transport of the Joint Research Institute of the European Commission has recently published in 2015 its 2014 Geothermal Energy Status Report. This new report by the JRC analyzes the field...
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17 Mar 2015
The Department of Energy of the United States (US DOE) has recently published the 2014 Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Annual Report , whisch is a product of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. GTO pursues transformative, high-risk/high-reward science and engineering. This issue highlights 35 project successes in all of our program areas – EGS, Hydrothermal, Low-Temperature, and Systems Analysis – which are flanked by useful tools and...
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10 Mar 2015
A new brochure “Deep Geothermal Energy- Application Possibilities in Germany”, prepared at LIAG – Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik, im GEOZENTRUM HANNOVER, was published in September 2014. This new brochure on deep geothermal energy possibilities in Germany provides technical information and recommendations for action for investment decision in favour of deep geothermal applications. The easily understandable presentation of the physical and systems engineering principles and relationships...
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19 Nov 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has recently posted an article which enphasizes the future of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). While the amount of conventional hydrothermal power worldwide has reached nearly 12 gigawatts, exponentially more geothermal resources can be accessed through next-generation technologies known as enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Through funding by the Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), USA first commercial-scale EGS was...
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31 Jul 2013
On July 22, 2013, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) released the “Geothermal Technology Roadmap: Global Best Practices Summary – Exploration through Generation”. The report outlines aspects of geothermal energy development, including: exploration, reservoir modeling, drilling, stimulation and completions, power conversion and the direct use of heat. The report is available for download here. The dual aims of the report are to increase investor confidence...
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14 Jun 2011
The Technology Roadmap for Geothermal Heat and Power offers a strategic plan to maximise deployment of these energy resources by 2050. It projects that 1,400 TWh of electricity per year could come from geothermal power by 2050, up from 67 TWh at present. Additionally, geothermal heat (not including ground-source heat pump technology) could contribute 5.8 EJ (1,600 TWh) annually by 2050. In order to reach these...
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