A long time in the making and reported on earlier, the Indonesia government is planning to increase the price of electricity to be bought by state-owned electricity company PT PLN from geothermal...
If realized, it would be the first geothermal plant on a remote island that takes advantage of the country's feed-in tariff program for renewable energy, according to the Natural Resources and Energy...
I've posted photos of geothermal power plants in various locations from my collection, including photos from Iceland and Italy. . .
Amb. Stefansson spoke on the topic of geothermal energy utilization in Japan, advocating that the country should harness its enormous untapped geothermal energy resources by using Iceland’s 85-year...
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) issued a long-delayed report this past summer on Geothermal FIT Design. . .[more]
When we think of geothermal energy we immediately have visions of Old Faithful Geyser or the modernistic geothermal power plants of Iceland. But our view doesn't have to be so limited. . . [more]
Considering the resounding defeat of the fossil-fuel industry's propaganda campaign against President Obama, and his new found interest in climate change, just where does the US rank relative to its...[more]
Iceland's famous for its breathtaking scenery, its geysers, its Blue Lagoon--and for sitting astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Among energy wonks, Iceland is also well known for using its abundant...[more]
The Japanese government believes that the country has more than 20 gigawatts of energy potential in terms of geothermal energy. The country already boasts of 17 geothermal power plants, which...
The move also makes economic sense. Under a new feed-in tariff system introduced last month, utilities are required to pay premium prices for renewable energy – 42 yen (34p) per kilowatt for...
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.[more]
Expects to Boost Distributed Generation May Raise Geothermal Tariffs €0.10 ($0.14) per Kilowatt-hour[more]
Expects to Boost Distributed Generation May Raise Geothermal Tariffs €0.10 ($0.14) per Kilowatt-hour[more]
Countries worldwide are increasingly turning to feed-in tariffs as a mechanism to develop geothermal energy. In the wake of the disaster at the Fukishima nuclear reactors, for example, Japan's civil...[more]
What Feed-in Tariff Prices Are Necessary?[more]
Note: This article was written for Independent Energy Magazine. The date indicated was January 3, 1980. I can't remember when I wrote it, but I know I didn't have a computer in 1980. Likely the...[more]
