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December 29, 2009

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Sign up today to get the most up-to-date information on Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP)-sponsored Webinars and funding announcements as they become available—delivered right to your inbox for free.  More

December 16, 2009

DOE Issues Final Rule on Loan Guarantees

DOE has issued a final rule on its Loan Guarantee Program, which is intended to boost investment in advanced clean energy technologies. The revised rule will enable DOE to support a wider range of technologies under the program. More

December 16, 2009

DOE Launches Public Web Site for Energy Technology Information

DOE has launched the Open Energy Information Web platform, an open-source site that will make DOE resources and energy data available to the public. The site also links to the Virtual Information Bridge to Energy (VIBE), which hosts Web gadgets that display energy data. More

December 9, 2009

Commerce Department to Speed Review of Green Technology Patents

The U.S. Commerce Department has begun a one-year pilot program to accelerate the review process for patents related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other environmental technologies. The pilot program will apply to the first 3,000 applications for which a petition is filed. More

October 29, 2009

Department of Energy Awards $338 Million to Accelerate Domestic Geothermal Energy

Innovative geothermal projects are funded in support of project deployment, technology development, and data collection More

October 14, 2009

DOE Expands, Simplifies Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy Projects

Drawing on $750 million in Recovery Act funds, DOE will guarantee up to $8 billion in loans for conventional wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal power projects, as well as hydropower projects. DOE will work directly with eligible lenders to provide the loan guarantees. More

October 8, 2009

DOE and Partners Demonstrate Mobile Geothermal Power System at 2009 Geothermal Energy Expo

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP), along with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, and Chena Power LLC demonstrated the PureCycle® mobile geothermal power generation unit at the 2009 Geothermal Energy Expo in Reno, Nevada.  More

October 7, 2009

Energy Department Announces New Private Sector Partnership to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the Department of Energy will provide up to $750 million in funding from the Recovery Act to help accelerate the development of conventional renewable energy generation projects.  More

October 6, 2009

Research Initiative Will Demonstrate Low Temperature Geothermal Electrical Power Generation Systems Using Oilfield Fluids

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) is announcing a new collaboration with the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to demonstrate the versatility, reliability, and deployment capabilities of low-temperature geothermal electrical power generation systems using co-produced water from oilfield operations at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC) in Wyoming.  More

October 2, 2009

DOE Announces Geothermal Research Initiative

A new collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Geothermal Technologies Program (GTP) and the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has been formed to demonstrate low temperature geothermal electrical power generation systems using oilfield fluids produced at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC).  More

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