Quality Control For Geothermal Heat Pumps
Structural problems with buildings close to a geothermal installation in Germany were reported in this column in the September issue. The reaction from trade bodies has been to emphasize there…
Geothermal collaboration brings New World to Green Rock
Green Rock Energy and New World Energy have signed a binding agreement to jointly develop both companies’ geothermal exploration permits (GEPs) in the North Perth Basin in the Mid West…
Cornish geothermal project receives government funding
A company in Cornwall says it is “very excited” after winning part of a £1.4bn government fund designed to create jobs and Geothermal diagramencouraging private investment. Geothermal Engineering Limited, based…
Geothermal expected to meet half of Kenya’s energy needs
Kenya plans to obtain half its electricity from geothermal by 2018, to meet rising demand and cushion against the uncertainty of hydro-power. As a result, the government has been wooing…
New geothermal maps show vast potential energy source
Geothermal energy is hardly new. There is evidence that it was used in the U.S. as early as the 1800s. In 1904, a fellow named Piero Ginori Conti opened the…
Support for geothermal bid hots up
Scotland is being urged to embrace geothermal energy if tests confirm it can be produced in the north-east. The Press and Journal revealed yesterday that granite located several miles beneath…