Geothermal heat pump Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:13:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Huge Geothermal Potential Revealed Beneath U.S. by Google-Funded Map https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-map-geothermal-us-20111207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-map-geothermal-us-20111207/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:13:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21408 The recently revealed map, released by the Geothermal Laboratory of Southern Methodist University, shows once more that massive resources of potential energy lie hidden beneath America. After years of development, carried out with funding from Google, the newly revealed map shows that there are enough resources to equal 10 times the amount of energy that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/google-map-geothermal-us-20111207/feed/ 0 21408 Earthquake-Free Geothermal Drilling Technology Proposed by GTherm https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geothermal-earthquake-gtherm-20110517/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geothermal-earthquake-gtherm-20110517/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 13:26:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18659 Earthquakes are a serious drawback and side effect of geothermal drilling and that could be damaging to the industry, especially after Japan's nuclear experience. GTherm, a Connecticut-based company founded in 2008, thinks they can overcome the issue through their proprietary geothermal extraction process that doesn't involve fracturing rock, which is apparently causing the quakes.

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