The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant in March 2011 moved Japan to cease energy generation from all nuclear power plants in the country, and halt construction of plants being built. For the last two years, Japan has experienced a shortage of energy as a result of the nuclear plant shutdown, but it appears that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Geothermal’
Japan Appears to be Returning to Nuclear Power, but Citizens are Resisting
March 12th, 2013 
Luke Jackson 
Posted in Japan, Policy, Renewable Energy 
Tags: David Suzuki, Fukushima, Geothermal, Japan, Luke Jackson, Nuclear, Protests, Renewable Energy, Shinzo Abe 
No Comments »Technologies Using Recyclable Materials Generate Geothermal Energy Breakthroughs
January 21st, 2013 Sean Connell Mount Hood and Crater Lake may be Oregon’s most famous volcanic sites, but a much lesser known companion may soon be joining them. While lacking the towering cone of Hood, Newberry Crater is actually the largest of the Cascade Range volcanoes, covering 1,200 square miles (or about the size of the state of Rhode Island). The U.S. [...]
Using Renewable Energy to Avert Conflict
August 11th, 2012 Nick Grue Conflict with Iran is something that can and should be avoided. Of course, we are somewhat at the will of the leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and whether or not his nuclear program is an attempt to repower the country or build nuclear weapons. For this article, I’m going to make the assumption that Ahmadinejad [...]
Posted in Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Electricity Generation, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Nick Grue, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »IEA Projects 40% Growth in Renewables over Next 5 Years
July 25th, 2012 Eric Wilson As a follow up to last month’s post “Global Investment in Renewables Hits All-Time High in 2011” comes the International Energy Agency’s projections for renewable energy over the next five years. According to the press release, “global power generation from hydropower, solar, wind, and other renewable sources is projected to increase by more than 40%” [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, News, Oceans, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, Brazil, Concentrated Solar Power, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, IEA, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Wave Power, Wind Power No Comments »Planning and Execution, Before the Storms Hit
July 22nd, 2012 Nick Grue Last week I wrote about nuclear fusion, the elusive and extremely difficult-to-harness energy source with the potential to solve the entire world’s problem of energy shortage. Fusion has the potential to generate vast amounts of energy, so why should we continue developing other, less efficient forms of energy? Developing fusion energy, even if it does [...]
Renewable Energy’s Inconvenient Truth: Scale
June 13th, 2012 Nick Grue Since the devastating earthquake that critically damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan’s taste for nuclear power has been dramatically reduced. But does the country have enough resources to operate without nuclear? Plans for geothermal power plants have been drawn up to include building in the Bandai-Asahi National Park, which may have geothermal potential [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Japan, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Fukushima, Geothermal, Nick Grue, Nuclear No Comments »Energy Quest USA from PBS
June 12th, 2012 Eric Wilson As part of their Earth Day programming, PBS premiered two programs, Energy Quest USA and Powering the Planet. These one-hour documentaries followed up last year’s EARTH: The Operators’ Manual. Energy Quest USA features five areas throughout the USA and the strides they are taking to move toward sustainable energy. Two of these are in the [...]
Industry Spotlight: Geothermal Heat Pump Companies
June 2nd, 2012 John Basalla In this week’s column I will be looking at geothermal heat pumps—how they work, what are their strong points and drawbacks, and which companies are industry leaders. First off, how do heat pumps work in general and what exactly is a geothermal heat pump? Heat pumps are commonly used for heating and cooling houses in [...]
EPA’s Green Power Challenge
May 15th, 2012 Eric Wilson Over the course of the past academic year, 30 collegiate athletic conferences comprising more than 70 universities competed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) College and University Green Power Challenge. The competition, which is an offshoot of EPA’s Green Power Partnership, wrapped up last month with the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania taking the top [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, EPA, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Double Set of Five Friday Facts: Natural Gas Leads the Pack
April 13th, 2012 Eric Wilson When looking at which energy source provides the most energy to the American economy, natural gas topped the charts for 2010 (the most recent year for which data was fully available). Today’s set of facts looks at the breakdown of the various sources and follows up last week’s Five Friday Facts which looked at the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, Coal, Energy, Geothermal, Hydroelectricity, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil Consumption, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »
