Alternative Energy / Geothermal Energy

Mar 10, 2022 at 12:10 | Felicity Bradstock

The need to develop a variety of energy sources has never been so evident. As the global reliance on a few specific oil and gas sources becomes clear,…

Jan 21, 2022 at 11:08 | Felicity Bradstock

Following the COP26 summit in November, it seems governments are racing to develop their renewable energy sectors. But as they turn their backs on fossil fuels, many appear…

Oct 15, 2021 at 14:06 | Haley Zaremba

As the world begins to accept the urgency of mitigating and adapting to climate change, many nations around the globe are starting to work toward a clean energy…

Aug 11, 2021 at 09:31 | Oxford Business Group

While solar and wind are the dominant segments in the transition to renewables, a number of emerging markets are looking to geothermal sources as a…

Mar 01, 2021 at 16:06 | Irina Slav

“The decade of geothermal” is a phrase that is becoming increasingly common in media and energy industry gatherings as the international zero-emission push comes to include one of the most…

Feb 18, 2021 at 12:01 | Felicity Bradstock

BP and Chevron, this Tuesday, announced plans to invest heavily in geothermal energy through a new innovative start up. The new technology introduced by Canadian startup…

Oct 22, 2020 at 14:59 | Irina Slav

With so much talk about offshore wind and utility-scale solar, it is easy to forget about one other abundant, emission-free energy source. Geothermal has garnered a lot less…

Jul 30, 2020 at 16:09 | Irina Slav

It’s abundant, and it’s emissions-free: the heat from the earth’s mantle that reaches well into the crust and gives deep drillers a headache occasionally is the new star…

Jul 08, 2020 at 13:43 | Irina Slav

Big Oil majors have been scrambling to make the most ambitious climate commitments in the industry, planning a pivot to clean energy, talking about net-zero emission bills, solar,…

Apr 13, 2020 at 14:44 | Tsvetana Paraskova

‘Geothermal is America’s untapped energy giant,’ the U.S. Department of Energy said in a report last year, highlighting in its analysis that this kind of…

Jul 31, 2019 at 11:27 | Irina Slav

The world’s geothermal power generation capacity this year hit 14.9 GW. The figure is minuscule compared with fossil fuel or even renewable generation capacity but a figure that’s…

Jul 24, 2019 at 14:07 | Haley Zaremba

In Alaska, energy has long meant one thing: oil. Extraction and production in Alaska’s oil rich North Slope has been the powerhouse of the state’s economy for decades. In recent…

Oct 24, 2018 at 16:51 | Robert Rapier

I wrote this column in Iceland, where I recently traveled on a working vacation. While in Iceland I met with an innovative energy producer whose technology could help mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. Iceland is…

Mar 02, 2018 at 17:03 | Oxford Business Group

In January Thierry Tanoh, the minister of oil, energy and renewable energy development, announced that work on the new units at Ciprel and Azito’s combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants would…

Apr 25, 2017 at 15:32 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Geologists and engineers have successfully drilled into the heart of a volcano in Iceland, as part of a project aimed at assessing the economic feasibility of using deep unconventional geothermal…

Dec 20, 2016 at 11:50 | Josh Owens

There are few places on earth as geothermal-friendly as the island nation of Iceland, with 25 percent of its total electricity production coming from geothermal facilities. So it makes…

Oct 21, 2016 at 16:53 | Oxford Business Group

Authorities in Djibouti are working to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix, with a particular focus on harnessing the country’s plentiful geothermal resources. In early August Djibouti’s…

Jul 28, 2016 at 15:29 | Qarnain Foda

Oil and gas companies have earned a bad reputation through their drilling practices, yet their advances in drilling technology that have made possible the extraction of oil and…

Mar 07, 2016 at 16:31 | James Burgess

Struggling with a fourth-quarter loss of US$588 million, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), the second largest U.S. oil producer, is now believed to be working towards a $3-billion…

Dec 17, 2015 at 15:21 | Michael McDonald

One little noticed side result of the recent Paris Conference was the launch of the Global Geothermal Alliance. The goal of the group is to…