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[ted1806] 30/10/2010 23:47

Notts football ground today, still no million pound winner!

Is it really better than the national lottery?

[ted1806] 26/10/2010 18:04

Fort william the winner today.

As soon as a 1 million pound winner is announced this
is going to be massive in the uk.

Take your pick and get in early.

[ted1806] 24/10/2010 12:04

Daily draw at 12pm every day.
Todays winner is someone close to the town of Selby. £1000 WINNER.

Anyone playing yet?

[ted1806] 23/10/2010 12:06

Canary Wharf the winner today.

Anyone else playing yet?

[ted1806] 21/10/2010 18:52

This is the newest game on the net, check it out it looks proper cool. Nothing to do with a PLC or dodgy AIM listed company! Bag yourself your own piece of land and win £1 million quid daily from just 10p a day! Plus a few smaller prizes along the way. The odds are way better than the National Lottery so it says. I've had a go, brought a couple of plots.
This game was only started on the 10/10/10 so there is plenty of places to choose and more of a chance of winning. I wish I had thought of this game!

[traderabc] 04/6/2010 14:01

Who Will Profit from the Oil Spill
by Charles S. Brant, Energy Correspondent The Casey Report
June 3, 2010

The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may be the best thing that's ever happened to green energy producers in the U.S – but the one that benefits the most will probably surprise you.

[grupo guitarlumber] 08/8/2009 10:40

Climate fixes 'pose drought risk'
By Judith Burns
Science reporter, BBC News

The use of geo-engineering to slow global warming may increase the risk of drought, according to a paper in Science journal.

Methods put forward include reflecting solar radiation back into space using giant mirrors or aerosol particles.

But the authors warn that such attempts to control the climate could also cause major changes in precipitation.

They want the effect on rainfall to be assessed before any action is taken.

Gabriele Hegerl of the Grant Institute at University of Edinburgh and Susan Solomon of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at Boulder, Colorado, write that "if geo-engineering studies focus too heavily on warming, critical risks associated with such possible "cures" will not be evaluated appropriately".

They argue that climate change is about much more than changes in temperature. So using temperature alone to monitor the effects of geo-engineering could be dangerous.

Underestimating effects

They cite the powerful effects on rainfall of volcanic eruptions which also prevent solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface, albeit by throwing up dust rather than reflecting the radiation back into space.

For example in 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo not only reduced global temperatures but also led to increases in drought.

The pair correlated 20th Century weather records with data for the increase in greenhouse gases and dates for major volcanic eruptions.

This revealed that greenhouse emissions tend to slightly increase rainfall in the short term but also showed that reduction in rainfall in the months following a major volcanic eruption is far more dramatic.

The authors note that current climate models tend to underestimate the effects on precipitation of both greenhouse gases and of volcanic eruptions.

The article warns that geo-engineering of this type, combined with the effects of global warming could produce reductions in regional rainfall that could rival those of past major droughts, leading to winners and losers among the human population and possible conflicts over water.

They conclude: "optimism about a geo-engineered 'easy way out' should be tempered by examination of currently observed climate changes."

Story from BBC NEWS:


Published: 2009/08/07 17:03:16 GMT

[grupo guitarlumber] 13/2/2009 06:51

Paris Digs Deep To Harness Earth's Green Energy (Gdf Suez)





PARIS (AFP)--A major new project is under way in Paris to provide ecologically clean heating for an entire district by extracting piping hot water from nearly two kilometers beneath the surface.

In a revival of the French capital's geothermal potential, drilling has just begun in the north of the city on a desolate building site sandwiched between the traffic-clogged inner ring road and the Saint-Denis canal.

"In Paris we're trying to adopt a strategy in which France is largely behind other European countries, because we've under-invested in renewable energies," said Denis Baupin, a Paris deputy mayor.

At the construction site, a 36-meter (120-foot) yellow mast rises above a dense cluster of machinery that is usually used to drill for oil. Instead, it's water they are looking for.

"The lower you go, the hotter the water," explained Michel Galas of CPCU, the urban heating company carrying out the work, as he stood next to a shaft that when finished will delve 1.7 kilometers (one mile) into the earth.

At that depth lies a geological stratum called the Dogger from which water, heated naturally to 57 degrees Celsius (135 Fahrenheit), will be sucked up to the surface, where it will be used to heat another stock of water.

This will be pumped to apartment blocks to heat radiators and provide hot water.

"It's energy that is 100% renewable," said Galas, adding that drilling will go on night and day for about 100 days to reach the required depth.

The scheme will heat around 12,000 apartments and other buildings due to be built by 2011 in a new residential area in the city's 19th district.

The project will cost $40 million.

Galas, whose company is jointly owned by the City of Paris and the energy group GDF Suez (GSZ.FR), pointed to a row of high-rise tower blocks on the other side of the ring road and said they too would eventually be hooked up to the system.

The use of this natural energy source will prevent 14,000 tons a year of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide being pumped into the capital's already polluted air.

Heated water drawn to the surface can, if of sufficiently high temperature, also be used to drive turbines to create electricity.

In Iceland, about a quarter of the island nation's electricity comes from geothermal power plants, while geothermal schemes provide heating and hot water for almost nine-tenths of the country's buildings.

France's geology does not permit tapping into geothermal energy on the Icelandic scale, but there is much unused potential.

Currently around 170,000 French homes are heated geothermally, but the government plans to multiply that number by six by 2020, which would mean that four percent of the nation's households would be thus heated.

[webby] 04/9/2008 22:42

Ladies & Gentlemen
May I draw your attention to a Geothermal Co that I have been keeping an eye on.
Western Geopower
Building a site in California due to go int production 2010. Has already agreed sale of power.
First 2 wells producing more than forecast.
Also have a site in British Columbia north of Whistler. Were they also plan to produce Geopower.
There is a thread under "Western Geopower"
A number of the tipsheets have been plugging this

[don muang] 25/5/2007 19:56

Britain may have missed its chance for clean coal ....

[don muang] 24/12/2006 15:45

Vietnam builds largest thermal-power plant....

[energyi] 28/5/2006 18:00

Western GeoPower Corp. is focused on developing the South Meager Geothermal Project as Canada¡¦s First Commercial geothermal power generating facility for electricity, with a development potential of 100-250 MW of electricity

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WESTERN GEOPOWER CLOSES $6.2 MILLION FINANCING WITH DUNDEE SECURITIES

VANCOUVER, Canada, January 6, 2006: (TSX Venture Exchange Trading Symbol: WGP ¡V Frankfurt Exchange Trading Symbol: WE6.F ¡V NOTC: WGEO) ¡V Western GeoPower Corp., a renewable energy development company, announces the closing of a financing in the amount of $6,255,625 with Dundee Securities Corporation (the ¡§Agent¡¨) as announced December 14, 2005.

Effective as of December 30, 2005 (the ¡§Closing Date¡¨), the Company issued 2,345,500 flow through shares at a price of $0.15 per share and 39,358,667 non-flow-through units at a price of $0.15 per unit (¡§Unit¡¨), subject to a hold period expiring May 1, 2006. Each Unit is comprised of one share and one share purchase warrant, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional share at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of three years.

The Agent has been paid a fee in the amount of 2,468,133 Units at a price of $0.15 per unit. Also, compensation options to purchase an aggregate of 4,170,417 Units have been granted to the Agent at a price of $0.15 per Unit..

The proceeds of the financing will be used to conduct the flow-testing of the recently-drilled geothermal wells, MC-6; MC-7 and MC-8 to enable the completion of a feasibility study for the South Meager Geothermal Project; to repay $2,000,000 against the Quest Loan Facility; and for general working capital purposes.

In addition, on December 30, 2005, the Company issued 6,666,667 Units to Quest Capital to convert into equity $1,000,000 from its outstanding loan at the price of the current financing. Quest has also extended the term of the loan for the remaining balance of $1.0M to December 15, 2006. In consideration for granting the extension, upon approval from the Exchange the Company will issue 1,000,000 bonus shares to Quest.

Corporate Overview

Western GeoPower Corp. is dedicated to the development of its 100% owned South Meager Geothermal Project, held under a geothermal lease for the commercial generation of electricity. The project, located 170 kilometers north of Vancouver, B.C., is in close proximity to Whistler, the location of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and is the most advanced geothermal project in Canada. The Company currently is conducting a feasibility study to confirm the commercial viability of the South Meager Project to support an initial generation of 100 megawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to the power consumption of 80,000 households

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[dave37] 22/5/2006 20:17

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[dave37] 22/5/2006 20:12

we had this on another thread.......

just thought it might be interesting to keep another thread up...............

[energyi] 02/4/2006 19:13

FUNNY COINCIDENCE...?

I read a rather negative article in the Times, talking about how Iceland's stock market and banking system were in chaos, because hedge funds are busily unwinding the carry trades that they had put on. The idea was they they could borrow at 1-2% in yen, and reinvest the proceeds in a higher yielding currency like the Icelandic koruna. But those trades are being unwound now, which is putting the koruna under downwards pressure, while forcing up interest rates in Iceland.

Since Iceland is a country of only 300,000 people, and their banks have big exposures to some high-flying business buyout artists, like Baugur, there may be some big disruptions in the country.

BUT ICELAND may not be quite the basket case that some are saying these days. Following is an intriguing article about Iceland's vision of an oil-free future:

"Hydrogen Puts Iceland on Road to Oil-Free Future
Iceland, with its steaming geothermal power stations, already knows plenty about alternative energy. Now this island of lava on the edge of the Arctic plans to become the world's first society to ditch fossil fuels entirely, relying instead on hydrogen made using the power of its roaring rivers and volcanoes.

Enthusiasts even talk about it one day becoming the "Kuwait of the North" as an exporter of the new, green fuel to markets in Europe.

For Bragi Arnason, professor of chemistry at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, better known as "Professor Hydrogen," converting his country to a fuel that produces no greenhouse gases will be a science fiction dream come true.

Converting the country's 180,000 vehicles and 2,500 fishing trawlers to hydrogen won't happen overnight -- Iceland is giving itself 30-40 years to kick the oil habit completely -- but the launch of the energy plan a year ago was a watershed."

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[krishall] 27/3/2006 04:23

Doesn't appear to be any UK listed Geo-thermal companies yet (?), but heres an article on a Brussels house using the technology:

[energyi] 29/11/2005 14:17

Calpine's Top Executives Depart as Board Seeks New Direction
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Calpine Corp. said Chief Executive Peter Cartwright and Chief Financial Officer Robert Kelly have stepped down as the company's board of directions seeks a new direction.

Director Kenneth Derr, who retired as chief executive of Chevron Corp. in 1999, will replace Cartwright as chairman, San Jose, California-based Calpine said today in a statement on PR Newswire.

[energyi] 11/8/2005 14:11

Developing clean, green, geothermal energy in America for America!

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP-TSXV, NGLPF-OTCBB)
...is about to step on stage as a significant supplier in the west's quest for a more energy-efficient future.

+ With strong demand for renewable geothermal energy in Nevada
+ highest population growth rate in the US
+ shortages of power
+ an established geothermal industry, 244 MW, 10 plants
+ state quotas for renewable energy (15% by 2013)
+ power industry opening to independent producers and
+ recent renewable energy production tax credit 1.8 cents US.
Geothermal is set for a new era of growth!

NGP is within a year of completing a full feasibility study for its Blue Mountain project in Northern Nevada; the final planning step in bringing the company's high temperature geothermal resource to production.

NGP holds a 100% interest in 12.2 square miles/31 square-kilometres of geothermal leases just west of Winnemucca in north central Nevada. The promising Blue Mountain geothermal field has advantages over many other geothermal projects:


the geothermal resources is close to the surface (shallow)

easy road access

and is situated within 15miles/24 km of the electrical transmission grid.
In addition to Blue Mountain geothermal project, NGP has acquired geothermal rights in Pumpernickel Valley, Nevada from Newmont and will initiate an exploratory drilling program for 2005 with partners, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Inovision Solutions.
Inovision may earn a 50% joint venture interest by funding up to $5.0 million CDN in exploration and development expenditures over the next five years with NGP as operator. The DOE has awarded Pumpernickel a cost sharing contract to fund 80% (US$592,000) of an initial field evaluation program.

NGP's most recent acquisition, Black Warrior geothermal site, located within a prolific power producing

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[karzy] 08/8/2005 17:59

New start up in OZ