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Dobie Lama

03/17/14 4:33 PM

#304114 RE: AugustaFriends #304113

Idaho appears to be in the forefront in the use of geothermal, but we have the other 11 western states that can use geothermal.


In 2006, the Western Governors' Association Geothermal Task Force report ranked Idaho 3rd of the 12 western states in potential for new geothermal development by 2015. The report projects that Idaho could be producing 855 mw by 2015 and 1,670 MW by 2025. Dr. Carl Austin, (IdaTherm, LLC), describes Idaho as "rife with good potential geothermal power sites" including 16 high temperature locations with a total potential of 2,000 megawatts. The potential is huge, but the challenge of developing it is even greater, primarily because of exploration financing. However, with the price of fossil fuels rising rapidly, the interest in geothermal power projects is growing throughout the western U.S. In 2007, five Federal BLM leases in Idaho were sold for $5.7 million. In addition to U.S. Geothermal and IdaTherm, several Icelandic geothermal companies, Aqua Caliente (Colorado), and Ormat Technologies Inc. (Nevada), have shown interest in Idaho's geothermal power potential.

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straitneom

03/17/14 4:44 PM

#304116 RE: AugustaFriends #304113

$HTM closed at hod. Bullish
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Dobie Lama

03/17/14 4:56 PM

#304118 RE: AugustaFriends #304113

HTM- The US military has a 7 billion budget to invest in clean energy....geothermal energy is a good way to go.

Quote:Slowly but surely, the U.S. armed forces are getting serious about renewable energy.

In April 2012, the White House announced the Defense Department was making one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history, by setting a goal to deploy three gigawatts of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass or geothermal on Army, Navy and Air Force installations by 2025, enough energy to power 750,000 homes. The Army’s share of the initiative was the energy goal of generating one gigawatt.

Read more: www.nasdaq.com/article/us-armys-7-billion-interest-in-renewable-energy-cm329504#ixzz2wFuGVNTI



http://www.nasdaq.com/article/us-armys-7-billion-interest-in-renewable-energy-cm329504