Tag Archives: energy

Injecting sunshine to produce oil at Miraah Project

This article shows an innovative approach to the problems of oil production, using solar to heat the recovery water. It saves more energy than all the electric cars in America, and eliminates use of enough natural gas to heat over 200,000 homes.

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Correspondent Leslie Mansfield catches up with Ron MacGregor, President and CEO of GlassPoint Solar to talk about the blossoming romance of solar and oil in this PennEnergy Exclusive interview.

Source: PennEnergy Exclusive: Injecting sunshine to produce oil – GlassPoint and PDO shine at ADIPEC 2015 with Miraah Project

Free energy in Germany

Can energy really be free?  The price dropped to zero for a while in Germany. Day-ahead power prices became negative in a 30 GW wind.

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Source: German day-ahead power prices drop 36% as 30 GW wind turns hours negative – Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story