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		<title>AltaRock Energy integrates CO2 as working fluid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AltaRock&#8217;s  President and Chief Technology Officer Susan Petty shows commercial leadership from her office in Seattle.  AltaRock makes the link between geothermal and carbon dioxide as a working fluid.  From Earthtimes earlier this month
GreenFire Energy (GreenFire) today announced that it has entered into a technology sublicense agreement with AltaRock Energy (AltaRock) for the core patent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2010/altarock-energy-integrates-co2-as-working-fluid/</link>
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		<title>2009 Washington State Geothermal Wrap up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington state moved along with the pack as geothermal had one of its best years in decades.   Nationally, 6 plants came on line and another 144 are under development.  In Washington State, it is the sole project of Vulcan Power (not related to Paul Allen&#8217;s Vulcan of Seattle) that is looking to develop a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2010/2009-washington-state-geothermal-wrap-up/</link>
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		<title>Vast pools of magma beneath Washington State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an apparently controversial article in this month’s Nature Geoscience, Mt. St. Helen’s, Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams are all fed from a vast magma chamber beneath southwest Washington State. 
A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/vast-pools-of-magma-beneath-washington-state/</link>
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		<title>Lab at Hanford develops new Biphasic Fluid to increase heat recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Capturing as much energy as possible from heat sources is critical in electricity generation, moreso with geothermal which is a low temperature source (compared to natural gas or nuclear).&#160; Emanating from the nanotech research underway, a new liquid that has good expansion and contraction characteristics at lower temperatures is now heading to bench testing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/lab-at-hanford-develops-new-biphasic-fluid-to-increase-heat-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Washington Energy Services covers June 3rd GEA Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Energy Services newsfeed gave a brief plug to the June GEA event in Seattle.
Seattle will have the opportunity to highlight its clean energy credentials next month when it hosts a major event for the geothermal energy industry.     The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will hold a Technology, Finance and Development [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/washington-energy-services-covers-june-3rd-gea-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Image Problems with this blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, 
We would like to apologize for the loss of images to this blog.&#160; Unfortunately a web programmer attempting to work on a different website (www.geothermalinnovation.org) inadvertently accessed North of the Hot Zone and erased the images and some of the links.
We are trying to correct this problem, but as some of the entries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/image-problems-with-this-blog/</link>
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		<title>Seattle June 3rd, GEA Finance Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GEA U.S. Technology, Finance, and Development Workshop Agenda has finally been released.&#160; Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle will open the conference.&#160; State Senator Adam Kline will also talk about recent legislative activities. DOE will be represented by Ed Wall, Director of Geothermal Energy
8:00 am Opening Keynote presentations, Karl Gawell, GEA, Moderator     [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/seattle-june-3rd-gea-finance-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Geothermal competing with low cost Hydro in Washington State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an article covered by the Idaho Business Review, the prospects of geothermal in Washington State are contrasted against cheap hydropower.&#160; 
&#34;For states like Idaho, Washington and Oregon, which are dominated by relatively cheap hydro power, the competition is low-cost power,&#8221; said Doug Glaspey, COO of Boise-based U.S. Geothermal. &#8220;In California, energy costs are around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/geothermal-competing-with-low-cost-hydro-in-washington-state/</link>
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		<title>New York Times endorses Geothermal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a well written piece, the New York Times January 13th, 2009 editorial page spoke singularly to the merits of geothermal.&#160; Usually geothermal is mentioned in passing with wind, solar and bio-fuels.&#160; Link is here.&#160; Editorial is 
To most people the word &#8220;geothermal&#8221; means hot springs and geysers &#8212; like parts of Iceland or Yellowstone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://northofthehotzone.com/2009/new-york-times-endorses-geothermal/</link>
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		<title>Washington State Job Generation &#8211; 444 Permanent Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal EIS predicts that 1,860 temporary construction jobs will be generated to develop 600 MWe within the State.&#160; That would result in 444 permanent maintenance jobs and almost $40 Million dollars salaries per annum.
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The analysis is located on page 487 of the third appendix.&#160; The link is here.
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