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Stellantis, Vulcan Energy sign deal for geothermal projects in France
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Stellantis is seen on a company's building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
energy and resources
Chevron to form joint venture with Swedish firm to develop geothermal projects in U.S.
FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, April 25, 2013. Chevron will report earnings on April 26. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
canada
Ottawa announces $250-million grant to help homeowners switch to heat pumps
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser makes an announcement about international students and Canada's labour shortage at Happy Goat Coffee in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
canada
Scientists to take ‘CAT scan’ of B.C. volcano to locate best geothermal energy spots
A team of scientists are planning a "CAT scan" of a British Columbia volcano to help harness the underground heat that turns rock into magma for renewable energy. Geologist Antonina Calahorrano sets up a test well to map the region's geothermal possibilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Natural Resources Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT **
opinion
A big bet on geothermal could help prevent a climate catastrophe
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Ian Graham and Ellen Quigley
world
El Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”
President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, gestures during his speech at the closing ceremony of the Latin Bitcoin conference (LaBitConf) at Mizata Beach, El Salvador, on November 20, 2021. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)
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From black gold to hot water: Inside Western Canada’s geothermal push
DEEP Geothermal project near Torquay, SK. SHAWN FULTON/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
alberta
Alberta should lower barriers that discourage businesses from reusing abandoned oil wells: report
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
report on business
Alberta to expand geothermal as part of diversification push
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. A Calgary-based junior oil company is announcing government funding for an environmentally friendly geothermal electricity generating project at the same time that it is cleaning up a major spill of oil and water from a pipeline in northern Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Green pivot: Canadian oil well drillers turn to geothermal market in effort to put rigs back to work
Kevin Krausert, president and CEO of Beaver Drilling in Calgary, Alberta, April 28, 2020. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Razor Energy announces geothermal project one day after reporting Alberta pipeline spill
pipes in crude oil factory pipeline