Monday, May 7, 2012

USA, Oregon:

Geothermal the Next Big Alt-Energy? One Company Thinks So (Crosscut.com)

Map of the Newberry Volano east of the Cascades
in Oregon (Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey/Wikipedia)
A Seattle firm's new project seeking to prove geothermal energy is safe and viable will have to overcome two obstacles: concerns over induced earthquakes and a need for a challenging amount of funding.

The Seattle-based company AltaRock Energy, along with Oregon company Davenport Newberry, is embarking on a project that is a longstanding dream of sci-fi nerds everywhere: creating energy by harnessing the heat found deep within the Earth.