Latest Geothermal energy Stories
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrow Resources Development, Inc. (OTCBB: ARWD), and its joint venture partners, have selected the site of its first geothermal power plant to be in Lampung, Indonesia. It is anticipated that plant with produce 25 - 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity once fully operational. The joint venture project has obtained contracts for Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the government-owned power distribution company, to purchase the electricity. For more...
LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- If you've ever appreciated the warmth of tropical ocean waters during a winter vacation, you understand the enormous volume of the sun's heat stored in the ocean...just waiting to be tapped into as an inexhaustible source of power. That same power can help solve some of the world's biggest problems from thirst to clean energy. Here are the top five: Clean Energy: Considered by some as "the other white meat" of alternative energy, ocean thermal...
ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With record summer temperatures scorching most of the U.S., consumers everywhere are looking for answers to reduce their home heating and cooling costs. The Titan Agency, an Atlanta-based full service advertising and marketing agency with offices in Miami, recently teamed up with home improvement expert Danny Lipford to produce a satellite media tour (SMT) for its client, Bosch Thermotechnology, touting the many benefits of Bosch geothermal heat pumps...
ATLANTA, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With record summer temperatures scorching most of the U.S., consumers everywhere are looking for answers to reduce their home heating and cooling costs. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110816/CL53261 ) The Titan Agency, an Atlanta-based full service advertising and marketing agency with offices in Miami, recently teamed up with home improvement expert Danny Lipford to produce a satellite media tour (SMT) for its client, Bosch...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Information, Inc. presents a new market research report, "Geothermal Heat Pumps and Direct Use" by Pike Research (For more information: http://www.giiresearch.com/report/pike206548-geothermal-heat-pumps-direct-use-residential.html). Direct use of geothermal, primarily heat pumps, is on the rise as demand for electricity expands worldwide and energy prices increase. Geothermal heat pumps provide an efficient and reliable option for...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in Shandong Fuerda Air Conditioner Equipment Co., Ltd., a leader in China's water source and geothermal heat pump segment. As a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), Carrier is the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions and is committed to improving the world around us through engineered innovation and environmental...
RENO, Nev., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announces that a second Ormat designed and manufactured geothermal power plant was inaugurated last week in Las Pailas, Costa Rica. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO) Under a contract with Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economica "BCIE", Ormat supplied all the power equipment, supervised the installation and conducted the testing and start-up of the 42 MW power plant. The field...
RENO, Nev., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that it has completed the modification of the 20MW Burdette (Galena1) power plant into an Evaporative Cooling configuration. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040422/LATH066LOGO) This modification is another step in a multiyear research and development (R&D) program that tested different methods to implement evaporative cooling as well as the associated water treatment solutions....
GeoTek has developed the system to eliminate pumps and motors typically needed in binary geothermal energy production Midland, TX (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 The Department of Energy has selected GeoTek Energy, LLC (http://www.geotekenergy.com), a geothermal power technology company, to receive $450,000 for the initial design of its Gravity Head Energy System (GHES) with the potential for up to $2.4 million in additional funding to validate the design and further develop the GHES. GeoTek has...
Geothermal Insider: 25 leading geothermal industry decision makers including Alterra Power Corp, RamPower, PG&E, Landsvirkjun, Baker Hughes and Mitsubishi will be meeting in September to discuss ways of driving operating and maintenance costs down whilst optimizing plant production at the only geothermal operations and plant optimization conference this year. London, UK (PRWEB) July 14, 2011 This meeting comes at a critical time in the industry when geothermal operators are expected...
