Sasol (NYSE: SSL) studies Uzbekistan gas-to-liquids plant

By Chanel Pringle (EngineeringNews.co.za)

There was a good business case for setting up a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Uzbekistan, petrochemicals company Sasol highlighted during its interim results presentation ……

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Geothermal projects in Mexico hoping for a second chance

By Diego Figueroa (GreenMomentum.com)

The request for tender for Los Humeros II Phase B was postponed, the only tender presented for this project, submitted by U.S. company Ormat Systems LTD, was rejected by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)……

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Applied Energy Management , a subsidiary of Lime Energy (NASDAQ: LIME) awarded contract for Geothermal System

By Newnet

Applied Energy Management (AEM) has been awarded a contract to design and install a geothermal …….

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China building more coal-to-liquid demonstration projects

By Renewable Energy Focus

China is building four coal-to-liquid (CTL) demonstration projects in its leading coal producing areas of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shanxi Province.

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W2 Energy (Pinksheets: WTWO) Clean Coal Power Plant system can converty any type of coal

by CommodityOnline.com

Is clean coal becoming a reality even as environmental activists and governments in some parts of the world including USA are fighting to reduce the use of coal in industry and energy sectors?

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Utilization of geothermal energy in China and the growth rate

By Anrosoft.com

According to the China Renewable Energy Association Introduction atlanto stone setting, the current use of geothermal energy in our country about 445 million cubic meters, ranking first in the world ….

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Geothermal power coming to Anaheim, CA

By Marice Richter (GreenRightNow.com)

Anaheim Public Utilities has teamed with Raser Technologies, a producer of geothermal power, to purchase 11 megawatts of geothermal power, enough electricity to supply about 10,000 homes in Anaheim …..

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Plans drwn up for power grid

by Ryan Crighton (The Press and Journal)

Plans have been drawn up for a £700million electricity link which could lead to renewable energy from Scotland being used to power homes south of the border ……

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Panax Geothermal (ASX: PAX) Potentially Australia’s Cheapest Clean Energy

Panax Geothermal Ltd has announced its major geothermal power project has the
potential to produce Australia’s cheapest clean energy.

Panax Managing Director Dr Bertus de Graaf said a pre-feasibility study shows the
company’s Penola Project in South Australia’s Otway Basin has the potential to generate
zero emission base-load power at a total cost of $63 per megawatt hour.

“These projected costs are highly competitive with other renewable forms of power
generation, such as wind or solar thermal, and are on par with gas-fired power
generation but without the carbon dioxide emissions and associated penalties,” he said.

“The Penola Project has the scope to be of national significance in the quest to reduce
carbon emissions through providing competitively priced, zero emission, base-load
power.”

Dr de Graaf said the pre-feasibility study was based on a three stage development,
starting with a Demonstration Plant based on one production well and finishing with a
Phase 2 plant based on 10 production wells and eight injection wells.

He said the $63 per megawatt hour cost of the Panax phase 2 plant compared well to
$107/MWh for wind and solar thermal projects, $62/MWh for gas-fired power generation
and $55/MWh for black coal.

“Given our close proximity to the national grid, the cost of connecting to the power grid
adds approximately $2 to the total cost per MWh net output,” he said.

“The potential costs of financing and future benefits of carbon credits have been
excluded to facilitate a true comparison with other forms of established power
generation.”

Panax’s pre-feasibility study has been backed by internationally recognized United
States-based geothermal consulting firm GeothermEx.

Fluor and Airtricity granted rights to develop 700 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland

By Green Energy News

The companies have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore wind farm at Bell Rock off Scotland’s Angus coastline.

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