Rocking on with hot rocks geothermal energy
Further reading
About the house
September 2007, pages 28-31
The heat is on (by Andrew Dawson)
Looks at the development of hot rock technology in the Cooper Basin, Australia.
ATSE Focus
October 2008, pages 17-19
Hot rock energy a likely source of baseload power (by Martin Albrecht and Doone Wyborn)
Explores geothermal energy production in the Cooper Basin, Australia.
September 2007
Australia a hot prospect for geothermal (by Mike Etheridge)
Describes the prospects and issues with geothermal energy production in Australia.
AUSGEO news
September 2007, pages 6-10
In search of the next hotspot (by Anthony Budd, Fiona Holgate, Edward Gerner and Bridget Ayling)
Explains the activities of the Geothermal Energy Project including mapping Australian geothermal resources.
Australasian Science
August 2008, pages 25-27
Hot southern land (by Sandra McLaren)
Describes hot rock resources in Australia and their role in the evolution of the continent.
Cosmos
August/September 2008, page 96
The heat beneath our feet (by Sandra McLaren)
Comments on the potential of hot rock geothermal resources in Australia.
Ecos
No. 145, page 6
Government and Google get behind geothermal
Reports on financial support for geothermal energy development in Australia.
Nature
17 December 2009, pages 848-849
Geothermal quake risks must be faced (by Domenico Giardini)
Calls for open discussion and evaluation of earthquake risk of geothermal energy systems.
14 August 2008, pages 816-823
Electricity without carbon (by Quirin Schiermeier, Jeff Tollefson, Tony Scully, Alexandra Witze and Oliver Morton)
Evaluates a range of alternative energy sources, including geothermal energy, in terms of cost, capacity, advantages and disadvantages.
New Scientist
8 October 2008, pages 37-40
Renewable energy: Power beneath our feet (by Julian Smith)
Describes recent international developments in harnessing geothermal energy from hot rocks.
17 July 2008, pages 24-25
Who needs coal when you can mine deep heat? (by Rachel Nowak)
Reports on international projects to harness hot rock energy with a focus on the Cooper Basin, Australia.
8 November 2006
Geothermal power plants could also consume CO2 (by Tom Simonite)
Proposes that carbon dioxide could replace water in geothermal power plants as a means of extracting heat from rocks.
Research*eu
September 2008, pages 40-42
The geothermal revolution (Julie Van Rossom)
Explores a hot rock power plant developed in Alsace, France that uses an existing natural water reservoir.
Scientific American
2 March 2009
Can geothermal power compete with coal on price? (by Christopher Mims)
Compares production costs of geothermal energy with other sources of energy.
October 2007, pages 80-81
Heating up (by Mark Fischetti)
Provides a brief overview and clear diagrams of different technologies for extracting geothermal energy.
23 January 2007,
Hot rocks: Tapping an underutilized renewable resource (by David Biello)
Describes a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report on the potential of enhanced geothermal systems in the USA.
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