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One of Ireland's biggest utility companies, GT Energy, has announced plans to build the country's first geothermal electricity plant.

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The Kenyan government is building up its geothermal resources.

In February, it took in $1.3 billion from multinational banks for this purpose. And now it’s borrowing $97 million more from China’s Exim bank to build another 140-megawatt geothermal plant.

Kenya estimates that it’s capable of generating 7,000 megawatts of geothermal energy — 10 to 15 times the country’s total demand

If Kenya successfully pulls off its geothermal roadmap, it will become the dominant provider of geothermal power in Eastern Africa

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California's renewable power boom is off to a slower start than planned.

Delays have hit more than half of the big solar, wind and geothermal energy projects under development throughout the state, according to a recent government report. They're still moving forward, but not at the pace their developers expected.

As a result, California probably won't meet its goal of getting 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2010 - a key element of the state's fight against global warming. "

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One would expect that -- over time -- the costs associated with renewable energy would go down. With fossil fuels, costs can only go up as the un-renewable sources dwindle and become more scarce even as demand rises. Here are 5 feasible renewable energy sources that could be developed to help meet world energy needs:

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In the heart of Tuscany the city of Grosseto has recently presented an important eco-building project, the first in Italy that will allow residents to forget completely house bills.

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Geothermal energy generation in Africa could take a leap forward in 2009 after exploratory studies in Kenya exceeded all expectations, it was announced Tuesday.

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The energy team at Google has been crunching the numbers to see how we could greatly reduce fossil fuel use by 2030. The analysis, led by Jeffery Greenblatt, suggests a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 (with some remaining use of natural gas as well as nuclear), and cutting oil use for cars by 40%

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With 2,957.94 megawatts (MW) of installed geothermal capacity, the United States remains the world leader with 30% of the online capacity total. A recent industry update showed an increase in the pace of geothermal production in the U.S., a country that many experts believe should take initiative to shed the expensive, foreign-dependent lifestyle of running on oil and gas and begin to help mitigate the threat of global warming.

Further, new technologies promise increased growth in locations previously not considered, indicating that the future outlook for expanded production from conventional and enhanced geothermal systems is positive.

Geothermal energy, considered by a growing number of renewable energy experts as the best form of renewable energy for its ability to provide continuous, 24-hour, clean, sustainable energy production, has long been an underdog to other technologies. With advances in technology and funding from government and investors, the U.S. can steadily increase development in using the heat of the Earth itself for substantial and widespread energy production

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A new paper on the Recovery of Minerals and Metals from Geothermal Fluids has some great news for those of us hoping we can green up our drives in 2010 with lithium-powered electric vehicles. There is a real symbiotic relationship between geothermal power and the battery electric car.

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The New Zealand government is investing in research into geothermal energy

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