Department of Energy announces $20M for new geothermal ideas
The DOE has announced $20 million in funding to boost research, development and demonstration of innovative geothermal technologies in the U.S.. These include low-temperature geothermal fluids (up to 300° F), geothermal fluids recovered from oil and gas wells and highly pressurized geothermal fluids.
...Think you've got an idea for an innovative geothermal technology and you want a piece of the DOE's pie?
Man oh man I love me some pie.
You bet I do.
Do it the Zealander way. Ban new fossil fuel power plants.
That's for openers. When can I expect a check?
All that other stuff is being done.
Just because few know or care don't mean nothing.
Geothermal Cities in England in China are drilling deep for district heating systems. Hungary is doing the same but they aren't blabbing much about it as I diaried. Boise, Idaho, pioneered the concept.
Husavik, Iceland, further warms tepid geothermal with a garbage-burning facility. The first use of the Kalina cycle for maximum efficiency in use of tepid waters is being copied in Germany.
Chena Hot Springs Spa keeps its Ice Museum frozen, among other things, with geothermal waters at a temperature that a tea drinker would probably complain needed warming up. The technology is being ported to Florida where some folks have a better idea than BP.
A gold miner in Papua New Guinea is doing geothermal power to relieve itself of the high cost of petroleum for operations. A start-up in the more primitive U. S. of A. is offering miners an option of utilizing geothermal heat from mines for operations.
Might want to get the word out.
Then we won't need fossil fuels.
The wife will be so pleased with the millions.
We can't buy a geothermal car but one that runs on orange peelings would probably suffice when we move to Florida:
That is after they clean up the mess.
Best, Terry