Thursday, May 17, 2012

Technology:

University Spinoff does Geothermal with a Carbon Sequestration Twist (Renewable Energy Magazine)


The University of Minnesota is the U.S. has launched a startup it says will provide renewable energy more economically than existing technologies by using sequestered CO2 rather than water to extract heat from geothermal wells.

Heat Mining Company LLC, said in a written statement that the use of sequestered carbon dioxide will allow electricity to be provided from many more sites than would be possible with conventional water-based systems and does it more economically.