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Ground source heat pumps that tap heat stored underground could provide as much as one-third of the UK’s renewable heating needs, a new report from the Environment Agency has found. Also known as geothermal heat pumps, ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) take advantage of the heat stored underground in
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GE and Google are teaming up to build a “smart” electricity grid and develop renewable energy and plug-in vehicle related technologies. The initial priorities will include: * Planning, siting and cost allocation for the transmission capacity necessary to enable large scale deployment of renewable electricity generation in the US * Developing and
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Greenbang’s a little confused this morning – confused by the words of Michael Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor. The fella gave a speech a couple of days ago to the National Clean Energy Summit. It sounded good. It went a bit like this: “Today, we’re taking a step that
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Imagine if you were watching a production of Romeo and Juliet unfold, only at the end to see Juliet ditch her would-be prince in favour of one of the lesser cast members. The Nurse, perhaps. It would be a bit of a surprise, no? Greenbang is experiencing a similar degree
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If you fancy wrapping your fingers around the environmental cash teats and milking the green cash cow that is the Department of Energy, you’ll need to warm your hands with a spot of geothermal energy. The DoE has got $90 million stored in its udders, ready to distribute over
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Are there any sexier words in the English language than proof of concept? Greenbang would wager that “here’s that free pint of hot chocolate you wanted, and I’ve stuck a £50 note on top just because I like your face,” would come close. Alas, Greenbang hears the former
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Greenbang would like to whisper a phrase in your ear: and that phrase is “fluid discharges”. No, it doesn’t make Greenbang think of a New Zealand geothermal push either, but thankfully that’s the direction this post is going in. A bunch of scientists, from the Kiwi government’s
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Is Google about to get cosy with Israeli geothermal company Ormat? As Loyd Grosman would have said during his Through The Keyhole stint, “let’s examine thur evidence”. Venture Beat notes Google co-founder Sergei Brin said in an interview with Israeli paper The Marker last week that Ormat is a
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When Greenbang first heard that Victorians have opened up more land for geothermal exploration, she wondered who’d been able to time travel back to the 19th century and whether they might want to pass on the message to the Victorians that those flat-fronted trousers and handlebar moustaches are going
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Greenbang reckons that the CEO of Scottish Southern and Energy must be lighting a cigar in his office and possibly treating himself to an extra spin in his wheely chair – that’s how good a day it must be chez SSE, after the company scored an government approval for a