News & Articles on Geothermal Energy
Geothermal is the ugly duckling of renewable energy and is often overlooked in preference to wind and solar. However, comprehensive renewable energy policy should include provisions for geothermal energy. In some regions, especially around the Ring of Fire, geothermal is a major source of renewably-generated electricity. Today, geothermal power plants supply 4% of California’s electricity consumption. It can do much more.
Indonesia Launches “Crash” Renewables Program: Boosts Geothermal “FITs”
By
Paul Gipe
The Jakarta Post reports that Indonesia substantially raised its geothermal tariffs this week across the archipelago of 240 million people, beginning what the government bills as a “crash” program.
Geothermal Power Plants by Ronald DiPippo
By
Paul Gipe
Geothermal Power Plants is the book I’d been looking for–an engineering treatise on geothermal. I’d written about geothermal in the …
Germany to Substantially Increase Geothermal Feed-in Tariffs
By
Paul Gipe
Expects to Boost Distributed Generation May Raise Geothermal Tariffs €0.10 ($0.14) per Kilowatt-hour
Germany to Substantially Increase Geothermal Feed-in Tariffs
By
Paul Gipe
Expects to Boost Distributed Generation May Raise Geothermal Tariffs €0.10 ($0.14) per Kilowatt-hour
Geothermal Feed-in Tariffs Worldwide
By
Paul Gipe
Countries worldwide are increasingly turning to feed-in tariffs as a mechanism to develop geothermal energy. In the wake of the …
Distributed Geothermal in California Can Add 7% of Supply
By
Paul Gipe
What Feed-in Tariff Prices Are Necessary?
