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Bishop Hill: Fracking for heat
An article in E&E Greenwire reports that a start-up company in the USA is about to test the use of fracking techniques to access geothermal energy sources: Continue reading
Cheap power under our feet
“UK borrows Iceland’s geothermal techniques to tap the heat at the centre of the Earth to solve our energy woes“
And yet geothermal has proven remarkably resistant to exploitation. Continue reading
Repost: Lights go dim on another energy project
My apologies to readers and Chuck Neubauer, I didn’t excerpt or link this item when I tried to post it last week. Take II: “Geothermal losses pile up” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics
Tagged energy subsidies, geothermal energy, government subsidies
Chuck Neubauer: Lights go dim on another energy project
Geothermal losses pile up Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, geothermal energy, government subsidies
UK On Collision Course With Europe Over Renewable Energy Targets
The UK is set for a showdown with Europe over the proposed introduction of a new set of legally binding renewable energy targets beyond 2020. Continue reading
When Energy Begins to Flow Long Distance
With rising energy prices and stringent requirements for producing a higher proportion of energy from renewable sources in the near future, long-distance electricity cables are increasingly thought of as a viable option for providing electricity. Continue reading
Geothermal energy could meet a fifth of UK’s power needs – report
The study found that subsidising geothermal technology initially would help to bring down costs rapidly as UK sites were developed Continue reading
