geology McAfee SECURE sites help keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams

Geology News
Earth Science Current Events


Kenya’s Largest Geothermal Plant
July 25, 2012 | Power Engineering

Kenya has just commissioned a 280 megawatt geothermal power plant about 100 KM west of Nairobi. The new plant will bring Kenya’s geothermal generating capacity up to about 30% of the nation’s power.


  Related Stories

First Geothermal Power Plant in Canada
May 29, 2013 | Bloomberg
A geothermal development company is going to build Canada's first geothermal power plant in the...

2012: Important Geothermal Events
December 19, 2012 | Seeking Alpha
"More than 128 megawatts of geothermal capacity came on-line in the U.S. in 2012, the...

Geothermal Power Market is Growing
June 4, 2012 | Geothermal Energy Association
"The Geothermal Energy Association has released its latest International Market Overview Report, which finds that...

How a Geothermal Power Plant Works
August 20, 2012 | Arizona Experience
The Arizona Experience website has an interactive that demonstrates how a geothermal power plant works....

The Nation’s Largest Ground-Source Closed-Loop Geothermal System
March 26, 2012 | Ball State University
Ball State University just started pumping water through what will be the largest ground-source, closed-loop...

New Natural Gas and Wind Power Capacity
August 20, 2012 | Energy Information Administration
Natural gas and wind are making important contributions to new electricity generating capacity in the...

Converting Geothermal CO2 into Methanol??
February 20, 2013 | SmartPlanet
They call it "renewable methanol". As carbon dioxide is emitted at a geothermal plant...

Geothermal Annual Report
February 6, 2013 | United States Department of Energy
The Department of Energy's Geothermal Annual Report includes information about: play fairway mapping, geothermal demonstration...


Every day you can find links to several earth science news topics right here. Bookmark this page and visit often. You can also receive our news for free by RSS feed or in a daily email message.





© 2005-2013 Geology.com. All Rights Reserved.
Images, code and content of this website are property of Geology.com. Use without permission is prohibited. Pages on this site are protected by Copyscape.