Green Options » raser technologies http://greenoptions.com/tag/raser-technologies Posts tagged 'raser technologies' Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Utah’s First Geothermal Plant in Over 20 Years Completed http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/07/utahs-first-geothermal-plant-in-over-20-years-completed/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/07/utahs-first-geothermal-plant-in-over-20-years-completed/#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:23:34 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/07/utahs-first-geothermal-plant-in-over-20-years-completed/ geothermal

Raser Technologies announced this week that it has completed construction of a plant on top of one of the United States’ largest geothermal hotbeds to be discovered in over 25 years—so large that Raser believes it could power one third of all homes in Utah.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/07/utahs-first-geothermal-plant-in-over-20-years-completed/feed/ Oregon Tech To Be Powered Entirely By Geothermal Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/07/oregon-tech-to-be-powered-entirely-by-geothermal-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/07/oregon-tech-to-be-powered-entirely-by-geothermal-energy/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:53:57 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/07/oregon-tech-to-be-powered-entirely-by-geothermal-energy/ Oregon Tech
College students are demanding sustainability efforts in their schools, and now universities are stepping up to the plate. This past Tuesday, the Oregon Institute of Technology outlined a plan to build a $7.6 million geothermal power plant on campus. The plant will become the sole power source for the school in a few years, making Oregon Tech the only university to be powered completely by geothermal energy.

Since Klamath Falls, the home of Oregon Tech, sits near a fault line, heat and energy can be easily taken out of the earth.

And Oregon Tech isn’t the only institution to take advantage of the abundant geothermal energy in the area.

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