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National Geographic: Andrés Ruzo, geothermal researcher

National Geographic has launched its new Explorers web site, which includes SMU doctoral student Andrés Ruzo.

The Explorers site acknowledges the work of the world’s scientists whose research is made possible in part through funding from National Geographic.

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Forbes: Google Funded Project Confirms Vast Potential for Geothermal Energy

Forbes in its Oct. 26 online news has covered the geothermal energy research of SMU Hamilton Professor of Geophysics David Blackwell, Maria Richards and the SMU Geothermal Laboratory.

Blackwell and Richards, the Geothermal Lab coordinator, released a new map earlier this week that documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power — 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

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SMU Geothermal Lab project: Vast clean energy source confirmed by Google.org-funded geothermal mapping


New research from SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power – 10 times the installed capacity of coal power plants today.

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Oil & Gas: Geothermal in the oil field, the next emerging market

energy-geothermal-energy-california_Natl%20Geo.jpgOne of the petroleum industry’s major sources for industry news has covered the emergence of geothermal energy from existing oil and gas fields as a potential source of power generation.

The June 20 article “Geothermal in the oil field, the next emerging market” provides context for the emerging technology that is making geothermal production possible. The article cites SMU’s annual geothermal conference as a source of more information about geothermal production.

The SMU Geothermal Laboratory hosted its fifth international conference dedicated to “Geothermal Energy Utilization Associated with Oil & Gas Development” in mid-June on the SMU campus.

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Natl Geographic: Can Geothermal Energy Pick Up Real Steam?

energy-geothermal-energy-california_Natl%20Geo.jpgA National Geographic Daily News story about the potential of geothermal heat from beneath the Earth’s surface as a source of clean, renewable energy tapped the expertise of SMU geophysicist David Blackwell. Blackwell, whose decades-long research led him to map the nation’s geothermal energy potential, is one of the foremost experts on geothermal energy. He heads SMU’s Geothermal Laboratory.

Science journalist David LaGesse interviewed Blackwell for the Dec. 28 article “Can Geothermal Energy Pick Up Real Steam?