Your email address is safe with us. View our Privacy policy.
U.S. inks geothermal pact with two nations
The International Partnership for Geothermal Technology will help promote energy security and address global climate change, Katharine Fredriksen, the Energy Department's acting assistant secretary for policy and international affairs, said Thursday in a news release issued from Reykjavik, Iceland, where the agreement was signed.
"Enhanced geothermal systems have the potential to be the world's only ever-present form of base-load renewable energy," Fredriksen said. "This international collaborative will bind the U.S., Australia and Iceland to work together to accelerate the development of geothermal energy, bringing this clean, domestic and natural energy to the market in the near-term to confront the serious challenges of climate change and energy security."
The Energy Department will work on the international collaboration with Australia's Ministry of Resources, Energy and Tourism and Iceland's Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism to develop policy and technical aspects of enhanced geothermal systems, such as deep drilling and geothermal energy conversion, Fredriksen said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 08/28/2008
Printer Friendly Version | Send this page to a friend | Post Comment
Rate This Story:
Great - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Bad
Posted Comments:
Comment archive | Comment FAQ's
![]() |
![]() |
View News & Features ezine stories by date or visit the complete archive |
Featured Channel: Politics
The ArcaMax Politics channel is one of 70 content categories offered by ArcaMax Publishing on this ... |










Body Mass