Engineers resurrect dead oil and gas wells in profitable move toward geothermal energy: 'It is a win-win situation'

Engineers resurrect dead oil and gas wells in profitable move toward geothermal energy: ‘It is a win-win situation’

To reduce the harmful effects of our overheating planet, we will need to deploy every tool in our arsenal. Researchers in Illinois have marked one pioneering step forward in repurposing an oil and gas well to store geothermal energy. The 2021 project, outlined in the journal Renewable Energy, tapped the Cypress Sandstone of the Illinois Basin, injecting…

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Engineers build record-breaking wind turbine with material no one saw coming: ‘It’s not difficult to envision’

Photo: Freepik Modvion is building on the success of its record-breaking wood-based wind turbine tower built in 2023 by raising the bar another 16 meters. The Sweden-based company has received design certification for its tallest engineered-wood tower to date, measuring 119 meters tall, according to IEEE Spectrum. It was designed to support a 6.4-megawatt turbine from Danish company Vestas, although…

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¿En riesgo la seguridad energética de Colombia?

El sector energético en Colombia atraviesa por una compleja coyuntura. El proceso de transición energética que ha planteado el Gobierno ha generado una serie de desafíos alrededor del abastecimiento de energía, gas y petróleo en el mediano y largo plazo. El contralor Carlos Hernán Rodríguez, durante la presentación del estudio ‘Seguridad y Confiabilidad Energética en Colombia (2010-2026)’, realizado en Cartagena, reconoció que la seguridad energética en Colombia destaca múltiples desafíos…

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