The abundant geothermal energy that Iceland is using to power its new breed of data centers comes at a cost; the sub-surface…
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GTherm: Cutting Cost and Quakes From Geothermal Power
Three-year-old startup GTherm has a new approach to tapping the Earth’s heat for power generation at sites where conventional geothermal technologies fall short. The company says it can do it for less cost, and through a safer method, than competing systems.…
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The environmental credentials of cloud computing routinely come under scrutiny, whether it’s environmental campaigners lambasting a data center’s reliance upon coal or…
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California’s new Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM) represents an important new move for the state into a feed-in tariff model for solar, wind and other renewable power — but with some critical twists. What are the advantages, and the potential drawbacks, of this reverse auction FiT model?…
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Natural gas takes over from coal, solar and wind climb 11 percent of America’s power, nuclear power sees a comeback — and…
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Compared to wind and solar, geothermal has glided under the radar. However, this week’s news of Vulcan Power’s $100 million-plus round of…
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