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Lennar Signs for Geothermal Energy
Lennar Corporation, a U.S. homebuilder, entered into a partnership to deploy residential geothermal heat pumps for homes constructed in Colorado.
Boise Receives Donation to Expand Geothermal Energy
The City of Boise in Idaho received a donation of geothermal water rights that could quadruple the city’s existing geothermal system.
Corporate Clean Energy Purchases Surpass 100 GW
The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) announced a major milestone as corporate and industrial customers in 2024 surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy procurement since 2014.
Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Deployment of geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) with air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) and other energy efficiency measures can achieve key energy resilience, energy affordability, and national decarbonization goals. Achieving Liftoff and commercial scale will rely on achieving 5 major imperatives that increase the value proposition by reducing costs or increasing benefits and expand the market size of GHPs. In this report from the U.S. Department of Energy, learn more about these imperatives and potential solutions to unlock them.
University at Albany Funds Decarbonization Project
The University at Albany announced a $30 million decarbonization project that will allow the campus to shut down its gas-fired boilers during the summer months and significantly lower its fossil fuel consumption.
LEGO Group Increases RE, Sustainable Sources
The LEGO Group made substantial investments to reduce its environmental footprint by increasing the amount of sustainable sources used in its products.
Google: 6 unique ways we advanced energy solutions in 2024
In 2024, Google pursued a range of actions to procure more energy and drive new technological and market innovations to meet growing electricity demand affordably, sustainably and reliably.
Denver Federal Center Adds Solar, Geothermal
The U.S. General Services Administration signed an Energy Savings Performance Contract that will help the Denver Federal Center toward a goal of achieving a net-zero campus by 2045.
Smith College Heated by Geothermal Energy
A portion of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, is now being heated by geothermal energy.
Weekend Reads: Magma's Massive Potential; "Hydrogen Fever"
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.
Fort Bliss Tests Geothermal Initiative
Fort Bliss in Texas and the U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit will begin a geothermal initiative to receive clean energy.
Bona Adds RE in US, Germany, Sweden
Bona — a global, sustainably driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining and restoring flooring — announced investments in renewable energy at facilities in Sweden, Germany and the United States.
Weekend Reads: Taylor Swift's Carbon Footprint, Cracking Geothermal Energy
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.
DOE Allocates $475 Million for Clean Energy Options on Former Mines
The U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to accelerate clean energy deployment on current and former mine land.
Cross Sector Peer Exchange: Geothermal Systems
During a recent peer exchange, Better Buildings partners from the healthcare and higher education sectors discussed geothermal district heating and cooling. Topics included funding opportunities and avenues for such projects, as well as successes and barriers encountered during project planning, design, and implementation phases.
Weekend Reads: Fusion and Geothermal Breakthroughs; Redefining Energy Communities
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.
Lava covers wells at Hawaii geothermal plant
Lava from the ongoing Kilauea volcano eruptions on the Big Island of Hawaii has covered two wells at the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV), though civil defense officials say no release of hydrogen sulfide has been detected at the plant.
