Geothermal

LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 24 (UPI) — Americans are using less energy overall and availing themselves of more renewable energy sources, a report says.
Data released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory showed the United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008 while utilizing considerably more wind power.
And while there [...]

REDRUTH, England, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Britain could soon have its first operating commercial geothermal plant after exploratory drilling was authorized in Cornwall, officials said.
Engineers will begin drilling a 2.8-mile-deep borehole early next year at a site near Redruth, England, The Guardian reported this week.
It is the first project in an emerging geothermal [...]

RENO, Nev., May 17 (UPI) — Federal officials have given the University of Nevada-Reno a $1.2 million grant to establish the nation’s first geothermal energy training program.
U.S. Department of Energy officials said the grant will be used by the university to develop and operate the National Geothermal Institute, a consortium of top geothermal [...]

OTTAWA, March 25 (UPI) — Wind energy projects run by Wind Works Power Corp. received a boost with a $10 million credit facility that will go toward developing capacity in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Wind Works Power Corp. said it was pledged the line of credit after an investment agreement signed with Kodiak Capital [...]

BERLIN, March 24 (UPI) — Countering Germany’s overall economic trend, the renewable energy industry boomed in 2009, supplying more than 10 percent of the country’s energy for the first time.
“We have made delightful progress,” German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said upon unveiling of the renewable data Wednesday in Berlin. “Germany is a global market leader [...]