Hi Craig, I think this news is exciting as finally geothermal power and heat can potentially be produced anywhere – with closed loop systems which do not need fracking or large volumes of water – and I would say no …
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Geothermal Costs Coming Down, Along with All Others Flavors of Renewable Energy
Gary Tulie, who made huge contributions to Bullish on Renewable Energy, points out, “One of the technologies discussed was Spallation Drilling (pictured) – a technique for speeding up drilling through hard rock for use in geothermal projects. The use of …
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Island Nations Turn to Geothermal
Island nations generally find themselves in a very interesting position with respect to energy generation. In particular, they certainly don’t want dirty fossil fuel plants, normally burning bunker diesel shipped in at great cost, both financially and environmentally. But …
The Good News: Geothermal Produces Baseload Power. The Bad News…..
This article on geothermal makes an important point: geothermal produces baseload power, just like coal or nuclear. That’s the good news. The bad news is that exploration is expensive, and its success is hard to predict. When I was listening …
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