Geothermal Energy

Reply filed by the state of Odisha regarding increasing instances of high energy swell waves, May 1, 2025

Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …

GE's Finance Arm Lining Up Green Power Deals

General Electric's Energy Financial Services is working on thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects, but is not likely to move forward until the U.S. government decides on rules for new grants, an executive in the company's energy business said on Tuesday. Funding for new clean energy projects largely dried …

Pakistan joins International Renewable Energy Agency

Pakistan has become a signatory of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) along with other 87 countries of the world. The Ambassador of Pakistan to Germany Shahid Kamal signed the statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency on behalf of the Government of Pakistan at a special signing ceremony held at …

Hot rock power scheme could brew trouble in Eden

The launch of a UK project to extract geothermal energy from hot dry rocks comes soon after two high-profile setbacks elsewhere in the world.

Tata Power to generate 5 MW from geothermal, solar plants in Gujarat

Gandhinagar, June 3 Tata Power Company Ltd plans to produce 5 MW of power, each from geothermal and solar power plants in Gujarat, with an investment of Rs 200 crore. It is exploring various options in this regard. Strengthening its renewable energy portfolio, the company had signed a memorandum of …

Manila Says Renewable Energy Investments May Reach $10 Billion

The Philippines hopes to attract $9-10 billion in investments in renewable energy projects over the next 10 years as a law giving investors fiscal incentives takes effect next month, a top official said on Monday. "Our objective is to double the power being generated from renewable energy sources, from 4,500 …

Ormat Combines For 330 MW Geothermal Plant

It's a geological bonanza for clean energy investors, yet no one's talking about it. With its population spread out over more than 17,000 islands, many Indonesians live in cities, yet some are in areas so remote that electricity access is almost zero. Indonesia is also the only OPEC member in …

Renewables Roll Out Needs Price Guarantees: John Kemp

Power generation from renewable sources such as wind turbines, solar cells and biomass plays a small but important part in satisfying total electricity demand around the world, and is growing at an exponential rate thanks to generous public subsidies and government support. Renewable sources have increased their share of worldwide …

The power of renewables

The need to tackle global climate change and energy security makes developing alternatives to fossil fuels crucial.

Tree-huggers v nerds

LAST December California approved a power line between San Diego and the Imperial Valley

Asia's hot front-runner

Slumbering in Indonesia is the world's biggest geothermal energy potential. Improved promotion policy and high fuel prices might help it to make a breakthrough.

Explore geo-thermal energy, says expert

Shimla: Ritesh Arya, a groundwater expert, today urged the Himachal Pradesh Government to explore the possibilities of tapping geo-thermal energy, uranium deposits, and Oil and natural gases to make the state economically sound. Speaking at a meet organised by the Department of Environment Protection, Arya said HP has potential to …

Continental Rift

Since 1904, when Prince Piero Conti managed to get a light bulb to flicker in an Italian lava field, geothermal power has depended on volcanic heat. The earth

Renewable energy resorces for climate change mitigation

Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest challenge by all the nations, government, business and citizens of the globe. The threats of climate change on our green planet

Lehs geothermal energy potential lying untapped

A turf-war between the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Developmental Council (Leh) and the Jammu and Kashmir government has unnecessarily delayed the work to tap the geothermal energy potential of the Changthang area in Leh district. Experts with their informed guesses have put the potential of the area

Renewables 2007: global status report

Renewable energy offers the planet a chance to reduce carbon emissions, clean the air, and put the civilization on a more sustainable footing. It also offers countries around the world the chance to improve their energy security and spur economic development. So much has happened in the renewable energy sector …

US To Boost Geothermal Energy Use On Federal Lands

The US Interior Department said on Wednesday it would make more than 190 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states and Alaska available to energy companies to develop geothermal energy resources for generating electricity. "These federal lands ... hold a huge energy potential," said Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. …

Renewable energy: Dreams become reality

What do a small Italian village, a community of millionaires in Oregon and a town in Austria have in common? Nearly all of their electricity needs are supplied by renewable energy. They are by no means the only ones. A growing number of communities are working towards using only electricity …

Renewable energy: Power beneath our feet

At first glance, geothermal energy seems almost too good to be true. It's clean, inexhaustible, provides predictable 24-hour power and you can get it just about anywhere. There is a snag, however. Outside of geologically blessed places like Iceland, Japan and New Zealand, where volcanically active rocks are close to …

Geothermal energy resource utilization: Perspectives of the Uttarakhand Himalaya

The developing world community is struggling with scarcity of power. Most of its power is derived from non-renewable conventional energy resources which are decreasing day by day. Therefore, presently renewable energy resource utilization is the best solution to combat this problem. Geothermal energy is one such renewable energy resource which …

Piping hot energy

Tata Power co has the wind and the sun in its hair

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