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This month, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) released the results of a nation-wide study of Canada’s geothermal resources. The data show a huge potential for geothermal development, which could help make cleaner, domestic power more affordable and more accessible across North America. 
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It's no coincidence that most steam-turbine electricity generating plants are built close to, if not on, a river or lake? These plants require so much water that water availability is one of the top criteria when selecting a location for a new plant and an ongoing environmental concern. 
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AltaRock Energy's Newberry EGS Demonstration presents several opportunities in America's energy infrastructure. Most prominent is that of clean, domestic, renewable energy: something that the U.S. does not have nearly enough of, while the pressures to wean from foreign fossil fuels are higher than ever. 
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For those of you just learning of AltaRock Energy's Newberry EGS Demonstration – or just learning of EGS in general – here is a quick-guide to this technology and the potential it offers. 
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The work underway at AltaRock's Newberry EGS Demonstration could be considered the development stage for technology with potential national application. However, some people claim that national application of clean energy is not feasible because, supposedly, such technology is not economically viable. 
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Water use and Newberry EGS Demonstraton: The Kleinfelder Report provides a full review of the water usage plans for the Newberry EGS Demonstration and concluded that any direct or indirect effects on the environment were extremely unlikely. 
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AltaRock Energy and Davenport Power are today announcing the publication of an updated and more extensive water usage plan for the Newberry Enhanced Geothermal System Demonstration underway near Bend, Oregon. 
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Predicted Ground Shaking Map: Click to Download Addendum for Additional Information 
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One tenet of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is to finance developments contributing to the nation's future economic growth. Specific to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the act addressed seven areas: energy efficiency, environmental clean-up, modernizing the electric grid, carbon capture and storage, transportation, science and innovation, and renewable energy. 
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One concern occasionally voiced by those new to the Newberry EGS Demonstration is that of potential seismic activity, or tiny earthquakes, triggered by the demonstration's operations. "Seismic activity" sounds scary, but most people have very little feel for how the Richter scale corresponds to real-life events. 
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