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Article: United states : Feds grant $30 million for Central Oregon geothermal project.
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- November 4, 2009
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Byline: prashant03
A Central Oregon geothermal project many years in the making continues to heat up following a recent announcement that nearly $30 million will go toward work near Newberry Crater.
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced the Energy Department grants would be coming through for seven Oregon projects. An estimated $25 million will be designated to power-producing technology involving water injected into the earth and about $4.5 million on technology to locate geothermal reservoirs at Newberry, according to Wyden.
This funding will literally help to bring Oregon s geothermal energy potential to the surface, Wyden stated in a ...