Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation

California’s Renewable Portfolio Will Reach 100% By adopting Senate Bill 100, California’s state government raised its goal for the Renewable Portfolio Standard to 100% in 2045. California has one of the highest goals in the United States. The recent increase was immediately met with some skepticism, and even scoffing, from critics despite not taking effect for over 25 years. Increasing wind and solar power could have negative effects on the environment so projects ne...cessary to reach this goal may not be approved. The goal cannot be reached using only solar and wind power. Although wind and solar are the fastest growing forms of renewable power, they are insufficient. Geothermal energy, particularly supercritical geothermal energy, could play a crucial role in providing reliable, consistent, plentiful power in the state of California. The Iceland Deep Drilling Project recently demonstrated that it is possible to drill wells that will reach geothermal resources that exceed the critical point of water that is, hotter than 374C and at a pressure greater than 221 bar. Supercritical water can carry several times as much energy as an equivalent amount of steam. Water at supercritical conditions undergoes dramatic shifts in properties that make its performance of important functions, like generating electricity, much more efficient. Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation looks forward to playing a role in helping California achieve its Renewable Portfolio Standard goal of 100% by 2045. See more

Happy Earth Day Fossil fuels or nuclear power have been used to provide continuous electricity to fulfill our needs. Wind and solar power are newer sources, but they only work when it’s sunny or windy. An additional source is needed to fill in when sun or wind are not available. Natural gas has been used as a fuel, but like coal and oil, it also produces greenhouse gas. Geothermal energy is a renewable source that can provide continuous electrical power. However, currently... used geothermal resources are not adequate to be used even on a fill in basis, much less to replace coal and nuclear power. To further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy will also be needed to replace fossil fuels used for transportation. Hydrogen can be used to power transportation, but over 90% of hydrogen is currently made from fossil fuels that create greenhouse gas. This problem can be avoided by using electricity generated from renewable resources to produce hydrogen using a technique called electrolysis. However, current electrolysis methods are too inefficient to compete with hydrogen produced from fossil fuels. This proposal employs a new, more efficient form of electrolysis, which uses a special membrane that allows the hydrogen atoms to pass through and be collected separately at very high temperatures and pressures. In technical terms, this is known as proton exchange electrolysis using a ceramic proton conducting membrane (CPCM) that withstands supercritical temperatures and pressures. Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation has recently applied to the Department of Energy for two grants of funds to support research into this proposal to create hydrogen, and we are planning to submit an application for a third grant. Each such grant will, if awarded, require that a part of the funding for such research must come from a source other than the Department of Energy. Please help to make this research possible with your charitable contributions and by sharing the message with others. Thanks! Jim Shnell See more

Challenge 5 Final Week It's the final week of the Newman’s Own Foundation $500k Holiday Challenge and we're out to win one of the grand prizes and raise so much money for our cause. Please help us by giving and supporting all that we do. Go here to donate: https://www.crowdrise.com//ocean-geothermal-energy-foundat Please support our cause by donating and sticking with us until the Challenge ends on January 3rd at 1:59:59pm ET. And best news ever, we have another opportun...ity to win an amazing prize. Every organization that raises at least $1,000 online between December 26th at 2pm ET and January 3rd at 1:59:59pm ET will be entered to win $2,500. And there will be 2 winners. Each and every donation puts us one step closer to winning, so please Click Here https://www.crowdrise.com//ocean-geothermal-energy-foundat and give what you can. We really appreciate your support and thank you so much for helping us finish strong See more

IT’S GIVING TUESDAY HELP US WIN UP TO $50,000 It’s #GivingTuesday and we’re involved in the Newman’s Own Foundation $500k Holiday Challenge and need your help to win an extra $50k today. The top 3 organizations to raise the most online on #GivingTuesday will each win a cash prize. First place wins $50,000, 2nd place wins $25,000, and 3rd place wins $10,000. The #GivingTuesday Bonus Challenge ends at 11:59:59pm ET today, so please Click Here https://www.crowdrise.com//oce...an-geothermal-energy-foundat to donate and support our cause before time runs out. Thank you so much and we really appreciate all of your help.

A well-known energy publication recently posed the question What does a grid need to be resilient? That is not only a common concern, it is a rapidly growing issue. The lack of electricity suffered by Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria is a leading example of the increasing force and frequency of phenomena such as cyclonic storms, forest fires, and other disasters around the world that are attributable to climate change. The solution to the question posed is the be...st source of clean, baseload renewable energy, which is very hot, very high-pressure geothermal resources, most of which occur in the rift zones in the ocean floor, around the world. Such resources are excellent for producing clean hydrogen, which is not only a prime mode of transporting energy, but also a prime mode for storing clean energy. The primary problem that must be solved is to stop climate change by eliminating the combustion of fossil fuels. Eliminating the use of fossil fuels will require 100% renewable energy. We have been replacing coal, the primary fuel for generating electricity, but we still have a way to go to complete that task. To continue and accelerate the recent gains (which have not been rapid enough) we also need to replace oil, our primary source of transportation and other fuels. The secondary problem is that most of the recent increases in renewable energy capacity use wind or solar power, both of which are intermittent and therefore not reliable enough to operate a grid. The short-term suggestion for balancing the grid, batteries, are not only too expensive. They cannot perform all the functions required by the grid. The solution to both problems is hydrogen, not the way it is currently produced but from geothermal energy. Over 90% of hydrogen is currently extracted from fossil fuels, which creates greenhouse gas and worsens the fundamental problem we are trying to cure. We need to produce hydrogen cleanly, by electrolysis. In the past, electrolysis has been too inefficient and expensive but those problems can be solved if the hydrogen is produced from very hot, very high-pressure water. This can be provided using renewable resources that operate in baseload fashion, delivering energy continually. Recently, it has been demonstrated that geothermal resources fulfilling all those requirements can be reached. A renewable, baseload source of energy like geothermal is ideal for producing hydrogen, and complementing other forms of renewable energy to provide grid resilience and transportation fuels. For more information, please see OceanGeothermal.org See more