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%
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 ...
Harris Opens Green Branch, Installs Geothermal Technology
Harris 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 ...
Geothermal Could Be Answer To Countering Climate Change
As 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 ...
Google Unveils $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan
This 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 ...
House Makes Fate of Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Precarious
The 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 ...
Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy
Representatives 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. ...
Frog’s Leap Winery Embraces Green Strategies
Green 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....
Logan Airport Wind Energy Excursion A Success
Logan 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 ...
Renewable Energy ‘Essential Part’ Of Hawaiian Utility
Through 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 ...
Citi: Investors Tapping Alternative Energy, Infrastructure Firms
A 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, ...
Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race
The 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 ...
First Federal Savings Bank Touts Green Design
Interesting tour of the green features of First Federal Savings Bank in Mishawaka, Ind.
Orly Airport Taps Into Geothermal
Orly 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 ...
Super Bowl Powered Completely With Green Energy
This 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 ...
NYC Earmarks $800 Million For Green Projects
New 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 ...
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 ...
McDonald’s Taps Into Geothermal
A 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....
Number Of Green Jobs Could Hit 40 Million By 2030
A 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 ...
Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy Sources
Sprint 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 ...
Cantor Adds Voluntary Carbon Markets To CantorCO2e Trading Platform
CantorCO2e 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 ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
