PLYMOUTH could be in line to reap the economic benefits from the exploitation of a previously untapped underground energy source. The Government says harnessing geothermal power in the area would not only help towards meeting the nation’s energy needs, but also create thousands of jobs in the region building and running of new power plants. [...]
A little covered but growing alternative power source attracting large sums of both private and federal funding is geothermal energy. As working rig counts have fallen dramatically since this time last year (Baker Hughes reports only 899 rigs working this week, down over a thousand from a year ago) geothermal exploration may provide a still [...]
Whether you are cresting the peak of a majestic volcano or walking on a city street, there are immense amounts of heat beneath your feet – enough to provide all the energy the human population will ever need. In most places, though, that heat is trapped by solid rock – unavailable to our carbon-choked, energy-hungry populace. [...]
Good as wind and solar energy can be to provide peak power, they are no substitute to coal fired or nuclear as base load power to provide electricity 24 hours a day. The increasing evidence is that planet earth needs a sharp reduction in carbon pollution, if the disastrous consequences of global warming are to [...]
