The following is a contributed article by Jigar Shah, co-founder of the clean-energy and clean-tech investment firm Generate Capital, and Timothy Latimer, co-founder of Fervo Energy. Big Oil came into 2020 with big promises: big drops in greenhouse gas emissions, big investments in carbon-capture technology, big steps to make oil and gas a viable part […]
Geothermal Greenhouse in Nebraska
Warmed Tunnel Air Provides Heating/Cooling Energy
by Kevin Clemens Adding the heat energy from trail and Metro tunnels to geothermal systems can reduce commercial and residential heating and cooling costs. Turning waste energy into useful work is becoming a trend. Now, researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a research institute in Switzerland, have proposed a way to capture the […]
Geothermal energy could heat homes and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels
Geothermal energy uses the natural warmth below the surface of the Earth to heat water which can then be used to heat houses. It’s a clean and reliable. But, can there ever be enough buy-in to use it to radically change how we power our world? Originally posted on NBC News.
Iceland’s Latest Renewable Energy Project Is So Badass
Having already tamed its shallow geothermal resources, the chilly island nation is now trying to tap into the power of magma. . Since early August, the Icelandic Deep Drilling Project has been boring down into ancient volcanic lava flows located in Reykjanes, Iceland. These flows overly the mid-Atlantic Ridge, the tectonic boundary separating the North […]