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1 week ago

Geothermal heating warms households in Jilin province

A worker checks data from a valve on the geothermal heating system in Zhenlai, Jilin province, this month. TANG CHENGZHUO/XINHUA CHANGCHUN — Geothermal heating is helping to keep the cold winter air out of 700 households in Datun township, Northeast China's Jilin province, thanks to an expansion of the clean energy source. Since November, more than 1.1 million people in …

Heat Heating Township Geothermal Jilin Province Datun Underground Water

1 week ago

Geothermal heating warms households in Jilin province

China Daily

A worker checks data from a valve on the geothermal heating system in Zhenlai, Jilin province, this month. TANG CHENGZHUO/XINHUA CHANGCHUN — Geothermal heating is helping to keep the cold winter air out of 700 households in Datun township, Northeast China's Jilin province, thanks to an expansion of the clean energy source. Since November, more than 1.1 million people in …

Heat Jilin Heating Township Geothermal Jilin Province Datun

3 weeks, 3 days ago

The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth

BBC

The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth Quaise Energy Beneath our feet is an almost limitless source of energy, but while a few lucky locations have geothermal heat close to the surface, the rest of the world will need to dig a lot deeper. These depths will allow nearly universal access to geothermal power – Igor Kocis …

Technology Energy Water Heat Earth Rock Drilling

1 month, 1 week ago

Jiangshan discovers first underground hot spring

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-11-14 The exploration of the Changtai geothermal hot spring in Jiangshan, a county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, has passed its field test, according to Tide News on Nov 13. "The well is 895.33 meters deep and outputs 1,200 cubic meters per day at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, making it one of the highest quality geothermal …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

China completes its deepest geothermal well

China Daily

A scene of China's deepest geothermal scientific exploration well located in Haikou, Hainan province. China's deepest geothermal scientific exploration well, deployed by China Petrochemical Corporation, was officially completed on Thursday, the company said. As the country's first deep geothermal scientific exploration well exceeding 5,000 meters, located in Haikou, Hainan province, the project represents a breakthrough in deep geothermal resource exploration …

China Exploration Deep Geothermal Sinopec

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sinopec's Geothermal Plant: A Strategic Pivot for Renewable Energy in China

China Daily

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp's first geothermal power generation demonstration project has been successfully connected to the grid, marking a significant step towards renewable energy in the country. The project combines low-temperature power generation, helium gas extraction from geothermal water, and heating, providing a consistent energy source that enhances China's energy security while reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power

NPR

Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power toggle caption David Condos/KUER There’s a valley in rural southwest Utah that’s become a hub for renewable energy. toggle caption David Condos/KUER Not your father's geothermal energy This isn’t the type of geothermal that’s already active in volcanic hot spots like Iceland or The Geysers project in California. closer to 24/7 renewable.” …

Energy Electricity Power California Project Utah Renewable

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricity

The Independent

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3 months ago

Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power

Hindustan Times

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY may be approaching its Mitchell moment. FILE - A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Now Fervo Energy, another scrappy Texan upstart, is applying such hydraulic fracturing—alongside other techniques borrowed from the petroleum industry—to the sleepy geothermal sector. In contrast, “enhanced geothermal systems”, like the one deployed …

Energy Water Power Hot Utah Drill Geothermal

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal with Sage Geosystems to power U.S. data centres

The Hindu

Facebook owner Meta Platforms struck a deal to buy up to 150 MW of geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its U.S. data centres, it said in a statement on Monday, as it races to build out the infrastructure to support its massive investments in energy-hungry artificial intelligence. The first phase of the project should be operational by 2027 …

Power Meta Sage Geosystems

5 months ago

Asia's less-crowded alternative to Japan's onsen

BBC

Asia's less-crowded alternative to Japan's onsen Charukesi Ramadurai Taiwan has one of the largest concentrations of geothermal springs in the world Taiwan’s hot springs are how locals relax and rejuvenate – and they consider it important for both their physical and mental wellbeing. Alamy The Beitou Hot Spring Museum was built during the Japanese colonial era "Virtually every onsen in …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

A big boost for a climate solution: electricity made from the heat of the Earth

Associated Press

One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and on Tuesday it hit a milestone. A California utility is backing the largest new geothermal power development in the U.S. — 400 megawatts of clean electricity from the Earth’s heat — enough for some 400,000 homes. The United States is one of the world leaders …

Energy Electricity Power Earth California Geothermal Fervo

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Good news for 100% clean energy. Geothermal has finally arrived

LA Times

A drilling rig at the Cape Station geothermal project, currently under construction in Beaver County, Utah. Geothermal power plants — which tap scorching-hot underground rocks and reservoirs to generate renewable electricity — have been bit players in California’s energy landscape for decades, too expensive to compete with solar, wind and fossil fuels. Geothermal startup Fervo Energy — which has spent …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Iceland's popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa reopens for tourists as volcano activity subsides

Hindustan Times

Iceland Blue Lagoon Grindavik Lagoon

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy

NPR

Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy Enlarge this image toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR Kirk Siegler/NPR BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Department of Energy report this spring made a bold prediction. "It's a form of energy that just checks so many boxes and it utilizes a lot of skill sets that are transferable or applicable from …

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8 months ago

Iceland’s Diamond Circle: Why you should visit

The Independent

Iceland has been something of a victim of its own beauty. Outside the town of Akureyri, a sightseeing circle of natural wonders dubbed the ‘Diamond Circle’ is an awe-inspiring alternative to the Golden Circle. open image in gallery Flights now run directly to Akureyri in North Iceland from London Gatwick In 2023, the first international flights started to arrive Akureyri, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Recycled fish nets and geothermal power: inside the Paris Olympic village

The Hindu

The athletes’ village for the Paris Olympics, which is set to be inaugurated Thursday, contains a host of innovations intended to make it a model of low-carbon construction. The 2,800 apartments will generate around half of the carbon emissions as equivalents built with regular construction techniques when energy savings over their lifetimes are taken into account, the Paris Games infrastructure …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: The lithium revolution has arrived at California’s Salton Sea

LA Times

Mud pots bubble outside EnergySource’s geothermal plant near the southern end of the Salton Sea. And unlike many other lithium mines, Controlled Thermal’s “Hell’s Kitchen” project — and others planned for the Salton Sea region — would do little environmental damage. With a groundbreaking ceremony on the docket for Hell’s Kitchen and one of the president’s top advisors planning to …

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11 months ago

SoCal’s forgotten hot springs oasis is finally reopening — with 50 geothermal pools

LA Times

Murrieta Hot Springs, a palm-shaded haven of steaming streams and coveted mud just north of Temecula, has been home to a Christian Bible college, a TV-free vegetarian commune and a popular mostly Jewish resort. Steam rises from the geothermal water flowing through Murrieta Hot Springs Resort. According to the resort’s promotional materials, the waters “enhance circulation, reduce inflammation, uplift mood, …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Journey to the centre of the Earth: Scientists reveal ambitious plans to drill a tunnel into a volcano's magma chamber - and claim it could unleash UNLIMITED energy

Daily Mail

Project at Krafla volcano in Iceland's north-east will tap into a magma chamber It may sound like the beginning of a disaster movie, but Iceland could make scientific history by becoming the first country to drill into a volcano's magma chamber. In 2026, Iceland's Krafla Magma Testbed project will construct a borehole to the magma chamber at a volcano called …

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1 year ago

Biden Finally Picks A Side In The Big Clean Energy Fight Dividing Democrats

Huff Post

President Joe Biden visits the Cummins Power Generation Facility, which is installing electrolyzers to make hydrogen fuel, as part of his administration's Investing in America tour in Fridley, Minnesota, on April 3. “The proposed rule flies in the face of Congress’ clear intent to use America’s nuclear energy to produce hydrogen,” Constellation said in a statement emailed to HuffPost. “If …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Shandong boosts ecological protection in Yellow River basin

China Daily

A general view of the Yellow River Tower in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province. Shandong province is ramping up efforts to build a collaborative working mechanism, gather various scientific research forces, and actively undertake research and practices related to the comprehensive management and sustainable development of the Yellow River basin. Efforts will be made to carry out ecological protection and …

Shandong Yellow River Ecological Protection

1 year, 3 months ago

Kenya needs smarter, stronger power grid

China Daily

People check out an electric bus during a low-carbon e-mobility showcase activity in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 7. Experts moot modernization as African nation eyes universal electricity access As Kenya works toward realizing universal electricity access and fully transitioning to renewable energy within the next six years, experts at an African climate event suggest that the country should prioritize modernizing …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Here’s how geothermal energy heats and cools a home

Associated Press

Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. When the house needs cooling — say on an 85-degree July day — a refrigerant, which is a special fluid, absorbs unwanted heat indoors and transfers it to water in the long piping, circulating it …

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Geothermal heating warms households in Jilin province

Geothermal heating warms households in Jilin province

The hunt for heat: Drilling the deepest holes on Earth

Jiangshan discovers first underground hot spring

China completes its deepest geothermal well

Sinopec's Geothermal Plant: A Strategic Pivot for Renewable Energy in China

Petroleum drilling technology is now making carbon-free power

Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricity

Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power

Meta Platforms strikes geothermal energy deal with Sage Geosystems to power U.S. data centres

Asia's less-crowded alternative to Japan's onsen

A big boost for a climate solution: electricity made from the heat of the Earth

Column: Good news for 100% clean energy. Geothermal has finally arrived

Iceland's popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa reopens for tourists as volcano activity subsides

Oil industry could help the Biden administration tap 'invisible' green energy

Iceland’s Diamond Circle: Why you should visit

Recycled fish nets and geothermal power: inside the Paris Olympic village

Column: The lithium revolution has arrived at California’s Salton Sea

SoCal’s forgotten hot springs oasis is finally reopening — with 50 geothermal pools

Journey to the centre of the Earth: Scientists reveal ambitious plans to drill a tunnel into a volcano's magma chamber - and claim it could unleash UNLIMITED energy

Biden Finally Picks A Side In The Big Clean Energy Fight Dividing Democrats

Shandong boosts ecological protection in Yellow River basin

Kenya needs smarter, stronger power grid

Here’s how geothermal energy heats and cools a home