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Interior Dept opens 190 million acres for geothermal power development

In order for electric vehicles to make any actual impact on greenhouse gas emissions, a great deal of progress will need to be made on renewable sources of power generation. Wind power generation has been expanding rapidly, and solar is growing in some areas. Another source with huge potential is geothermal. If the natural heat energy held within the planet can be tapped, it could be almost limitless. That's easier said than done in most places but there are some areas where it could be very practical. The U.S. Department of the Interior has ... Read more →

Quantum to deliver 10 hydrogen-fueled vehicles to Iceland Sam Abuelsamid

Since Iceland is so geographically remote and lacking in a lot of natural resources they have been looking for ways to harness the power they do have. Two things that Iceland does have in abundance ...

A call to URGE - Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently Dane Muldoon

In a lengthy, two-part editorial, David Roberts, a staff writer at Grist, presents his position on unifying the green lobby around the flag of URGE2: Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently. ...

Oil sands producers could shift to geothermal power Sam Abuelsamid

Thanks to the increased cost of crude oil in recent years, there have been moves to make big expansions in oil production in northern Alberta, Canada. Alberta has some of the largest known petroleum ...

Venture capital going to all things green Bruno Vanzieleghem

Bloomberg compares in a lengthy article the current boom in venture capital funding for alternative energy companies with what we saw during the dot-com boom. Many of the venture capitalist firms in ...

Interior Dept opens 190 million acres for geothermal power development 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In order for electric vehicles to make any actual impact on greenhouse gas emissions, a great deal of progress will need to be made on renewable sources of power generation. Wind power generation has been expanding rapidly, and solar is growing in some areas. Another source with huge potential is ...

Quantum to deliver 10 hydrogen-fueled vehicles to Iceland 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Since Iceland is so geographically remote and lacking in a lot of natural resources they have been looking for ways to harness the power they do have. Two things that Iceland does have in abundance are ice and geothermal energy. Iceland has been making a major push into using hydrogen as a fuel and ...

A call to URGE - Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In a lengthy, two-part editorial, David Roberts, a staff writer at Grist, presents his position on unifying the green lobby around the flag of URGE2: Use Renewably Generated Electricity, Efficiently. He is expecting bumper stickers and t-shirts - here's why. Mine negawatts: The cheapest source of ...

Oil sands producers could shift to geothermal power 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks to the increased cost of crude oil in recent years, there have been moves to make big expansions in oil production in northern Alberta, Canada. Alberta has some of the largest known petroleum reserves in the world, but unfortunately much of it is locked up in tar sands that need processing ...

Venture capital going to all things green 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Bloomberg compares in a lengthy article the current boom in venture capital funding for alternative energy companies with what we saw during the dot-com boom. Many of the venture capitalist firms in California are dangling millions of dollars in front of solar panel makers and biofuel companies, ...


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