Source: Energy Current
Miscellaneous
Underground Storage of Renewable Energy Using Compressed Air
The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) and the Laboratory for Advanced Subsurface Imaging (LASI) at the University of Arizona, together with Southwest Solar Technologies, Inc., are investigating the use of excavated cavities for […]
Regional
German town sinking after drilling operations
The historic town of Staufen in southwestern Germany on the western edge of the Black Forest is experiencing some rather unexpected downward movement these days. Several buildings, some of them historic, are experiencing cracking and distress and are still sinking at a rate of approximately 1mm per week. Investigations are underway, but everything seems to point towards drilling operations for geothermal energy which were conducted last fall. [Editor] More after the break…[/Editor]
Project Related
Project to pour water into volcano to make power
I kept the same title of the source article for my post…it is a very simple explanation of the enhanced geothermal systems or EGS process of extracting geothermal energy from hot, dry rocks…even if it […]