Back again after the Conferences
Friday, 20 November I have not had a blog entry for ten days. There are three reasons: ...

$150m awarded to Geodynamics and Petratherm means $450m to be invested in Innamincka and Paralana over the next five years
Tuesday, 10 November The Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, today awarded $235 million to four commercial-scale renewable energy projects from the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP). I am very pleased to s...

Ormat Tehcnologies increasing its revenue 20% compared to last year
Friday, 6 November I have expressed a number of times in this blog how optimistic I am about the prospects of geothermal energy and, as a logical follow-up, the financial prospects for the manufacturers supplying the geothermal electricity...

GE loans $40m towards Wayang Windu expansion
Thursday, 5 November While Australia is pursuing HFR and HSA geothermal resources, both of which require slightly different appro...

Desertec Initiative: an inspiration for Australia?
Wednesday, 4 November 30 October 2009 may turn out to be an important milestone for the transition of the global ener...

Metal Foam Heat Exchangers for Cheaper Cooling Towers
Tuesday, 3 November Tuesday is the weekly QGECE seminar day. Today's speaker is Mostafa Odabaee. Mostafa is doing his...

Solar Flagships Project Update
Monday, 2 November The Solar Flagships program was announced in May 2009. It allocated $1.5b to achieve a target of 1000MWe from four solar power stations. Since then, Boston Consulting Group(BCG) has been conducting a survey of the stak...

Australian Geothermal Energy Conference 2009
The Conference will feature keynote addresses as well as research and case study presentations providing all the latest information. It will be held over three days, 10-13 November 2009, in Brisbane.

A presentation by H Gurgenci - A new age in geothermal electricity
Here is a copy of Professor Hal Gurgenci's  presentation to Engineers Australia Mechanical Branch and IMechE Annual Dinner Event: A new age in geothermal...

QGECE Researcher Dr Tonguc Uysal in Brisbane Marathon
Dr Tonguc Uysal managed to put in a very respectable performance in the 18th Annual Brisbane Marathon on Sunday, 22 August, and he finished 111th in a field of thousands of runners.  He is well-motivated with his performance and he is talking a...

Hal Gurgenci's Geothermal Blog
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Presentation by Prof Gurgenci to the Brisbane Branch of the Australian Institute of Energy, Brisbane - March 2009
Professor Gurgenci's presentation slides detailing the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence Research program may be viewed

Hal Gurgenci's presentation to the AGEA AGM - December 2008
The AGEA's 2008 AGM was hosted by the QGECE. Prof Gurgenci's presentation slides are available here.  Both the Minister for Mines & Energy, the ...

National Energy Essay Competition - Aleks Atrens
Aleks Atrens, a PhD candidate at the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence, was recently awarded the under 22 years of age prize in the National Energy Essay Competition. The essay, aimed at promoting thought in the younger gene...

Prof Hal Gurgenci makes presentation on the Future of Geothermal Energy - April 08
Electricity Generation from an Engineered Geothermal System using a Supercritical CO2 Thermosiphon Professor Hal Gurgenci Interim Director, Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Ex...

Centre makes submission to Garnaut Review on Climate Change
QGEC Submission to the Garnaut Review on Climate Change Professor Hal Gurgenci Interim Director, Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Exc...