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Geothermal Energy Heating Up As Google Fuels Investment

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Geothermal energy has gained a lot of supporters over the last couple of years as an alternative energy source. As the technology of geothermal energy has advanced, so has the interest in incorporating it into the overall energy demand.
Geothermal took a big move forward this past week as Google announced it was investing $10.25 [...]

Great Things Come in Small Packages: Nanotechnology and Energy

Monday, April 28th, 2008

If current news is any indication, Nanotechnology is poised to play a significant role in the development of clean, less expensive energy. The potential of nanotechnology for solving some of today’s greatest energy challenges is vast.

Nanotechnology refers broadly to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on [...]

Three Alternative Energy Sources

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Searching out alternative energy options is needed now more than ever before, because of the rising cost of oil and the threat of Global Warming. With the conditions of the World today, we all should be looking at the alternatives that are available to us. The signs of environmental changes cannot be ignored, even by [...]

Geothermal power

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Geothermal power (from the Greek words geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat) is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface or the collection of absorbed heat in the atmosphere and oceans. Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. [...]