Geothermal is the bastard child of renewable energy. Constantly overlooked in articles and headlines in lieu of the much sexier solar and wind, which have become the go to cleantech representatives, geothermal energy use could quietly double in the next six years. It requires no fuel, can provide ba...

(Read to the end of this post for an update on studies and events around high-temperature geothermal opportunities in Canada) The data is old — dating back to 1985 and earlier — but the Geological Survey of Canada is beginning to put together an inventory of geothermal resources across t...

2009 could prove to be the year of geothermal in the U.S. The number of new geothermal projects in the country has risen 25 percent since last August alone, according to report out this week from the Geothermal Energy Association, an industry trade group. But what’s behind the boom? Geothermal...

cleantech, energy, wind Luke Timmerman wrote: British Columbia is bigger in land area than Washington, Oregon, and California combined, but has about one-tenth the total population. Yet pound-for-pound, our neighbor to the north appears to have its share of entrepreneurs thinking hard about energy a...

For a clean, safe, energy future Thomas R. Blakeslee of the Clearlight Foundation repeats a recent chant made famous by the GOP (Grand Overspending Party): “Drill, Baby, “Drill. However, this is the Californian, not Alaskan, version, so get back you Forces of Darkness. He recommends that...

Eco Factor: Electric car recharging station generates electricity from renewable sources. Electric cars of the future will need to be quick both in speed and in the time they need to get recharged. Current technology allows a car to be recharged within a couple of hours. This, though quick for an el...

amazngdrx always has opposed geothermal “because it injects fresh water into underground rock faults and uses the resulting steam, losing most of the water in the process.” Furthermore, there is the “possibility of contaminating aquifers with mineral bearing sulphate rock leechate ...

Think of this as Volume 12, Number 1 of A-Clue.com, the online newsletter I've written since 1997. Enjoy. Despite all the problems of the world, there is a feeling of confidence in America. (Picture from UC Santa Cruz. Go Banana Slugs.) The Crisis which has been building for a generation, and which ...

This is the kind of headline that makes you wonder about some folks: Drillers Break Into Magma Chamber Drillers looking for geothermal energy in Hawaii have inadvertently put a well right into a magma chamber. Molten rock pushed back up the borehole several metres before solidifying, making it perfe...

Subtitle: But Very Little Accountability UN Dispatch, On Day One, and Grist “are partnering to discuss ideas the next president can adopt to take on climate change.” As After Gutenberg readers can tell you, such discussion is critical if we are to make any effort to save life on the plan...