Geothermal energy

Massachusetts Senate debating sweeping climate change bill

By STEVE LeBLANCApril 14, 2022 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The steps Massachusetts needs to take to meet its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 were debated by the state Senate on Thursday as part of a sweeping climate bill.

The bill sets out a range of strategies: Allowing solar panels on agricultural and horticultural land.

Massachusetts Senate unveils sweeping climate proposal

April 7, 2022 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate unveiled a sweeping climate bill Thursday aimed at helping the state meet its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050.

Carmaker Stellantis secures supply of battery-grade lithium

November 29, 2021 GMT

MILAN (AP) — The carmaker Stellantis said Monday that it has secured a five-year supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Europe to support its plans to convert to 98% electrified vehicles by 2025.

El Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”

By DAVID BARRAZANovember 21, 2021 GMT

LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — In a rock concert-like atmosphere, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced that his government will build an oceanside “Bitcoin City” at the base of a volcano.

Bukele used a gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts Saturday night to launch his latest idea, much as he used a an earlier Bitcoin conference in Miami to announce in a video message that El Salvador would be the first country to make the cryptocurrency legal tender,

Project in rural Utah aims to tap into geothermal energy

By JON REEDJuly 11, 2021 GMT

MILFORD, Utah (AP) — Just outside Milford, a town of about 1,400 people in southwest Utah, researchers behind a major energy project are hoping to tap into a limitless supply of clean, reliable power.

Google teams with startup for Nevada geothermal energy plant

May 19, 2021 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Google has announced it will team with a startup company to develop a geothermal power system in Nevada to serve its regional data centers.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told an annual developer conference on Tuesday that the partnership with Fervo should begin supplying electricity next year, serving the company’s Cloud region in Las Vegas.

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

By JEFF BARNARDJanuary 14, 2012 GMT

Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise.