Plans for a massive electricity grid dedicated to uniting the varied sources of renewable energy available in northern Europe have taken a step forward in January as nine countries formally agreed to work together on the project. Read more…

To conceive and build a groundwater model (e.g., for water resources), one must go through a geological model; both models are complex in nature and require experts in each domain with very specific knowledge. In general, the hydrogeologist begins building of the groundwater model from a rough idea of groundwater flows, backwards into describing the “reservoir”; the geologist, on the other hand, begins building of the geological model from the knowledge of the geology of the region under study, forwards into proposing a “reservoir”. Read more…

The word geothermal comes from the greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). Geothermal energy is heat from within the earth.

Geothermal energy is generated in the earth’s core, almost 4,000 miles beneath the earth’s surface. Read more…

Geothermal energy is generally harnessed in areas of volcanic activity. The Pacific Ring is a prime spot for the harnessing of geothermal activity because it is an area where the tectonic processes are always taking place. The picture below shows the general location of the Ring of Fire  The USGS    defines tectonic processes as a series of actions and changes relating to, causing, or resulting from structural deformation of the earth’s crust. Read more…