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Given the alarming nuclear emergency that unfolded in Japan earlier this year, nations the world over have been reassessing their energy plans. The question is no longer "Is nuclear energy safe?" (the answer to that question was never a resounding "yes") but rather "Is nuclear energy worth the risks?" 
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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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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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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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AltaRock Energy and Davenport Newberry shared an exciting year at the Newberry Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Demonstration site near La Pine, Oregon. The Department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored project, aimed at developing EGS technology to the benefit of the public at large, has been underway since November 2009. 
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Pictured below is a poster summary of the Demonstration plan for the Newberry Geothermal EGS Demonstration. The Demonstration, a joint project of AltaRock Energy and Davenport Newberry, is located 30 miles south of Bend, Oregon, and is the recipient of a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. 
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Though the science behind Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) has been in development since the 1970s, the Newberry EGS Demonstration is the most advanced implementation of this technology in a real-world setting. Careful planning, methodical execution, community involvement and an ideal geologic setting poise this project to make a significant breakthrough in the world of clean energy—emphasis on world, because its success would reach far beyond Alta Rock Energy and Davenport Newberry. 
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AltaRock Energy is pleased to announce the completion of an independent consultant's Induced Seismicity and Seismic Hazards Risk Analysis of our Newberry EGS Demonstration. The analysis was completed by URS Corporation, a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. 
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AltaRock Energy and Davenport Newberry, partners in the Newberry EGS Demonstration, are excited to announce the successful outcome of a public forum series focused on the project. 
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