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Glitnir projects $29B U.S. geothermal energy sales
Iceland bank says enhanced geothermal technologies are being developed to reach untapped sources. Potential electricity sales from geothermal energy production in the United States could be as high as $29 billion a year, according to Alexander Richter, director of global geothermal energy department at Iceland?s Glitnir Bank. - Read More
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Topics : Geothermal Energy
$ 20 billion investment in wind every year in US
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report stating that the U.S. could get 20% of its electricity from wind power by 2030. For that to happen, $20 billion needs to be invested every year for the next 20 years, bringing the two-decade U.S. wind investment total to well over $400 billion - Read More
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Topics : Wind Energy Food and Drink Finance
Engineered Geothermal Systems from Groundsource Geothermal
GroundSource Geothermal Inc., of Redwood City, CA, which is developing shallow dry-rock engineered geothermal systems or EGS, at depths ranging between 250 and 400 feet. Unlike standard drilling, their borehole is elliptically-shaped rather than circular, reducing cuttings by 40%. - Read More
Tech choices for building integrated renewable energy high
the technology choices for adopting building-integrated renewable energy (BIRE) can still be awe-inspiring: should architects focus on the U.S. subsidy of $5 billion for weatherization, $4.5 billion for transforming federal buildings into green buildings or the $3.6 billion for efficiency and other savings? - Read More
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Topics : Constructions
Buildings consume 70% of all US energy
Thanks to outdated design, buildings consume close to 70 percent of all U.S. energy - Read More
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Topics : Constructions