Recently in Geothermal
Government:
The new zone is California's third. All told, that means the Interior department has declared 164,391 acres of the California Desert as Solar Energy Zones.
Geothermal:
A 33-megawatt geothermal plant proposed for a spot along Route 395 near Mammoth Lakes cleared a hurdle this week, as two federal agencies signed off on the project. The project must still win approval from a regional air quality board.
Geothermal:
A study published Thursday in the journal Science has linked geothermal energy production in the Salton Sea area with an increase in local earthquakes.
Utilities:
A bill introduced into the California Legislature would require that all California utilities get 51 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2030.
Geothermal:
A Burlingame-based startup is one of five companies awarded contracts with the U.S. Army to develop geothermal generating capacity to power military bases.
Geothermal:
California remains the nation's geothermal leader with over 2,700 megawatts of capacity installed.
Geothermal:
Unless the Los Angeles City Council decides to intervene in the next few days, 13.71 megawatts of power from the Wild Rose Geothermal Facility near Gabbs, NV will start flowing toward L.A.'s grid in January 2014.
Geothermal:
Geothermal power plants plug along delivering around 20 gigawatt-hours of power to the California grid every single day. Why aren't we taking more advantage of this 24-7 power source?
Geothermal:
Long Beach's Rancho Los Alamitos' new earth-friendly heating and cooling infrastructure doesn't compromise the park's historic integrity with noisy boilers, condensers, or generators.
Geothermal:
A new report shows that geothermal power plants offer power as reliable and consistent as coal-fired plants, but with only about one-twentieth of the carbon footprint.
Government:
Governor Brown signs bills making it easier to build solar on the Central Coast, and mine geothermal brine for valuable minerals.
Geothermal:
California wants to keep its renewable energy development in-state, but California's geothermal leaders say that policy is hurting their industry.
Geothermal:
Geothermal industry people, agency reps, utility companies and elected officials will meet up in Sacramento next week.
Geothermal:
A study of the global geothermal industry reveals that seismically active California is the global leader in generating power from the Earth's heat.
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News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
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