A finding by the DOE, reported by the New York Times, showed that any earthquakes would have been small and had little impact in the sparsely populated area. However, in the face of local opposition, AltaRock abandoned the project. The DOE has shown confidence in AltaRock, by subsequently awarding the company $25 million to try a similar project at the Newberry Volcanic Monument near Bend, Oregon. The New York Times also quoted Ernie Majer, a seismologist and deputy director of the Earth Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, as saying that the new standards show how the DOE “is being ultra-careful about any induced seismicity,” referring to earthquakes triggered by humans. More>
Thursday, January 28, 2010
DOE Plans Geothermal Drilling Safeguards
A finding by the DOE, reported by the New York Times, showed that any earthquakes would have been small and had little impact in the sparsely populated area. However, in the face of local opposition, AltaRock abandoned the project. The DOE has shown confidence in AltaRock, by subsequently awarding the company $25 million to try a similar project at the Newberry Volcanic Monument near Bend, Oregon. The New York Times also quoted Ernie Majer, a seismologist and deputy director of the Earth Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, as saying that the new standards show how the DOE “is being ultra-careful about any induced seismicity,” referring to earthquakes triggered by humans. More>
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