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DOE to leverage fossil energy expertise to develop and explore geothermal energy resources

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DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will combine efforts to have experts test and validate low temperature geothermal power generation technologies at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC) near Casper, Wyoming. Then a test conducted with Ormat Technologies, Inc.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Renewable energy is another solution. Renewable energy is another solution. Renewables, particularly biomass for heat, provided 14.6% Estonia produced the first barrel of ENEFIT280 shale oil in December 2012.

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What is Electrification of Transportation?

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In Norway , which is the world leader in renewable energy use, 45% of electricity comes from hydropower, while Brazil in second place gets 32% of its total energy supply from biofuel and waste energy. Because of the size of the US, the country is second only to China in gigawatts generated by renewable energy sources.