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DOE, Ormat and GeothermEx Collaboration Produces Electricity Using In-field EGS RENO, Nev., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), the U.S. Department of Energy and GeothermEx successfully produced 1.7 additional megawatts from an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) project inside an existing wellfield in the U.S. This is the first EGS project to be connected to the electricity grid. Using innovative subsurface technologies, research and development teams...
Geothermal Resources Council announces the best geothermal presentations showcased at the 36th GRC Annual Meeting Davis, CA. (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) has announced the outstanding presentations from the global geothermal community for 2012. The judging was made in each of the technical sessions held in early October at the 36th GRC Annual Meeting in Reno, the world’s largest annual geothermal event. The judging criteria included the technical...
Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges if these promising energy sources are to reach their full potential, according to a trio of leading geoscientists. Their findings will be presented on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 5:15 p.m. PT at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, in Room 102 of Moscone Center West. "There is a critical need for scientists to address basic questions that have...
