Geothermal

Geothermal is a renewable energy source available for heating and cooling. According to the EPA, geothermal can reduce energy consumption and related emissions by 72%. We explore how different industries are using geothermal in the greening of their facilities, the availability of geothermal, the technology required to extract geothermal energy from the Earth, the outcomes of its use and any regulations related to geothermal.

U.S. Navy Cuts Energy Consumption 12%

U.S. Navy Cuts Energy Consumption 12%Pushed by federal legislative mandates and the need to save money on energy costs, the U.S. Navy has reduced its overall consumption level by 12 percent as of this year, reports ...

December 26, 2008

Harris Opens Green Branch, Installs Geothermal Technology

Harris Opens Green Branch, Installs Geothermal TechnologyHarris opened its first “green” bank branch on the South Side of Chicago. The City of Chicago supported the bank to install geothermal heating and cooling system in the branch, which ...

November 18, 2008

Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change

Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate ChangeAs the world looks for ways to counter climate change and reduce the carbon footprint, the most abundant energy source might be geothermal, Reuters reports. It's green, reliable and renewable and one day, with new ...

October 12, 2008

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan

Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy PlanThis week, Google unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan (in undiscounted 2008 dollars) to help America kick its fossil fuel habits by 2030. The search giant says the plan could return a ...

October 3, 2008

House Makes Fate of Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Precarious

House Makes Fate of Renewable Energy Tax Breaks PrecariousThe U.S. House passed a tax measure on a 257 to 166 vote margin, which is different from a Senate-passed bill. Its approval could risk the enactment of solar energy tax ...

September 29, 2008

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable EnergyRepresentatives from Google and General Electric told a group of politicians and energy experts at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas that widespread use of renewable energy in U.S. ...

August 20, 2008

Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green Strategies

Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green StrategiesGreen strategies at Frog's Leap Winery include a solar installation, a LEED-certified hospitality center and geothermal technologies that power heating and cooling system, according to this ZDNet video....

July 17, 2008

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success

Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A SuccessLogan International Airport has saved about one ton of carbon dioxide emissions since the installation of 20 10-foot-tall wind turbines on the roof of its offices that officials there expect will generate ...

July 4, 2008

Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility

Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian UtilityThrough a competitive bidding framework the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission implemented in 2006, the Hawaiian Electric Co. says it is seeking developers interested in supplying up to 100 MW of renewable ...

June 24, 2008

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms

Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure FirmsA growing international consensus to tackle climate change is going to mean a new emphasis from investors on alternative energy sources from traditional fossil fuels and the expansion and renewal of infrastructure, ...

June 18, 2008

Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race

Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent RaceThe Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to dominate long term trends, intellectual property law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti ...

June 13, 2008

First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design

First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green DesignInteresting tour of the green features of First Federal Savings Bank in Mishawaka, Ind.

April 28, 2008

Orly Airport Taps Into Geothermal

Orly Airport Taps Into GeothermalOrly Airport in France is digging two one-mile deep shafts to tap into underground hot water geysers, AHN reports. The budget for the geothermal project is $18 million. The 165-degree water will ...

April 6, 2008

Super Bowl Powered Completely With Green Energy

Super Bowl Powered Completely With Green EnergyThis year's Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, will be the first ever powered completely with renewable energy by using solar, wind and geo-thermal energy to offset the GHG emissions, KTAR reports. In addition to the ...

January 22, 2008

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects

NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green ProjectsNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released a short-term action plan (PDF) to begin reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the City's municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent by 2017 ...

December 6, 2007

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’

U.S. Can Halve Emissions Without ‘Big Changes In Consumer Lifestyles’The U.S. could reduce projected 2030 emissions of greenhouse gases by between one-third to one-half at manageable costs to the economy and without requiring big changes ...

November 30, 2007

McDonald’s Taps Into Geothermal

McDonald’s Taps Into GeothermalA McDonald’s restaurant in Pensacola, Florida is digging 55 holes, 350 feet deep to heat and cool the new restaurant with geothermal energy, Emerald Coast reports. McDonald’s is evaluating the system as a corporate model....

November 14, 2007

Number Of Green Jobs Could Hit 40 Million By 2030

Number Of Green Jobs Could Hit 40 Million By 2030A new report (PDF) from the American Solar Energy Society shows that as many as 1 out of 4 workers in the U.S. will be working in the renewable energy or energy efficiency ...

November 9, 2007

Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy Sources

Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy SourcesSprint has released a little information on its moves into alternative energy sources, many of which are used for backup power in cases of outages. Hydrogen fuel cells have been deployed at more than 200 ...

October 19, 2007

Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading Platform

Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading PlatformCantorCO2e has launched a web-based marketplace, emissionstrading.com providing information about multiple domestic and international projects creating carbon dioxide equivalent offsets. Registered users can see prices, quantities, and brief descriptions of the projects. Clients ...

October 5, 2007