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Geothermal power tapping its potential

Posted by johnio78 on August 19, 2008

By Stevnson Swanson ( Chicago Tribune Correspondent)

NEW YORK — When a historic seminary in the heart of Manhattan went searching for a way to cut its energy costs in an environmentally friendly way, it didn’t turn to the heavens for sun or wind power but sought salvation in an unlikely … http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-geothermal-energy-080811-ht,0,4983184.story

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$1.4 million grant to fuel Univ of Kentucky’s coal-to-liquids study

Posted by johnio78 on August 19, 2008

By Art Jester (Herald-leader)

A $1.426 million federal grant will enable the University of Kentucky to step up research on refining coal into liquid fuels and advance the development of a synthetic fuels industry in the state.

UK will use part of the federal money to begin building a $12-million ”mini-refinery“ at the UK Center for Applied Energy Research in UK’s research park off Iron Works Pike in northern …..
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/491358.html

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