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  Raft River Unit One Complete

  01.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Raft River Unit One Complete

  Last week US Geothermal announced that the construction phase of the 13MW Raft River One Unit is now completed. After a little more testing, the facility will enter production (although the test power is being sold presently according to the company.) Congratulations to US Geothermal on making the leap from developer to operator. Raft River […]

• Energy

  Seeking Alpha on Ormat

  12.28.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Seeking Alpha on Ormat

  Ormat’s Brady Hot Springs PlantPhoto Credit: Mike Harding Via Seeking Alpha: On December 17, Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced a 20-year agreement with Southern California Edison for the sale of energy from ORA’s 30 megawatt plant at Imperial Valley, CA, that is expected to come on line by mid 2012. On December 18, Ormat announced […]

• Energy, Innovation, Travel

  Multi-dimensional harvest in Panama

  12.27.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Multi-dimensional harvest in Panama

  A colleague of ours has been exploring Panama recently and brought Rancho de Caldera to our attention. It’s a small resort set in the mountains of Panama with nine cabins and it’s largely energy independent. Despite being close to a volcano, geothermal systems are not part of the harvest system (even for heating/cooling), rather it […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  $1 per watt solar

  12.24.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on $1 per watt solar

  Photo Credit: Nanosolar Blog Last week, much ink (pun intended) was spilled regarding Nanosolar’s announcements regarding their new printed solar cell technology. The first 3 panels were presented one to stay at company HQ, one to the San Jose tech museum, and one to be auctioned by eBay (not!, read the blog on that story…) […]

• Energy, Politics

  Flawed Law

  12.21.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Flawed Law

  Earlier this week President Bush signed the Energy Bill sent to him by Congress. Major components to the bill were gutted by the Senate at the last minute, killing long-term production tax credits and renewable portfolio standards, and keeping the expensive and unnecessary oil subsidies. (Really, when a single company in the segment throws off […]

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