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March 12, 2008

USDA Offers $221 Million in Clean Energy Loans and Grants

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting loan and grant applications under the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program. The loans and grants will support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on farms and at rural small businesses. More

March 12, 2008

Renewable Energy Continues Rapid Global Growth in 2007

Throughout the world, more than 1,000 gigawatts of electric generating capacity are now drawing on renewable energy sources, according to a new report. The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century found rapid growth in a wide range of renewable technologies in its latest report. More

February 20, 2008

DOE and Partners Test Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technologies

A geothermal well at a power facility in Nevada is currently unable to produce enough useful geothermal fluid, but it will soon be rejuvinated with a shot of high-pressure water, an approach known as Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The test could boost production at the site nearly five-fold. More

February 20, 2008

California Approves Feed-In Tariffs for Renewable Energy Systems

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison are now offering to buy electricity from customer-located renewable energy systems up to 1.5 megawatts in capacity. They and five other utilities are also buying renewable power from water and wastewater facilities. More

January 23, 2008

Drilling Complete on Australian Hot Dry Rock Project

Over the past five years, Geodynamics, Limited definitely found out that drilling more than 13,000 feet down into hard and extremely hot rock can be a challenge. The company has finally overcome its difficulties, successfully drilling a well into an underground reservoir it created back in 2003. More

January 9, 2008

Most EERE Programs See Increased Funding in Appropriations Bill

An appropriations act signed into effect in December has allocated $1.536 billion in direct support of the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The act increases the funding for nearly all of the programs. More

January 9, 2008

Idaho's First Geothermal Power Plant is Now Online

U.S. Geothermal Inc. started commercial operation of the first geothermal power plant in Idaho in early January. The new plant is expected to achieve an average annual net power output of 13 megawatts.  More

December 12, 2007

Geothermal Report Calls for Improved Exploration Technologies

The Geothermal Energy Association has released a new report that calls for improved methods of finding and exploiting geothermal resources, as well as a test facility to verify the concept of Enhanced Geothermal Systems. More

May 9, 2007

Interior Department Encourages Geothermal Energy Development

In response to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the U.S. Department of the Interior has issued new rules to encourage geothermal energy development on public lands. The new rules provide competitive leasing and simplified royalty calculations while sharing royalties with county governments. More

April 25, 2007

FERC Approves a New Model for Financing Transmission Lines

It's a catch-22: it's hard to build a renewable energy plant where there's no transmission lines, and it's hard to build a transmission line for a plant that doesn't exist yet. But the California grid operator thinks it has a solution, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agrees. More

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