05.07.2009
In the first deal of its kind in March 2009 IEC signed an agreement to purchase electricity generated from biogas resulting from the treatment of solid waste from Gihon water and sewage firm. The facility currently produces 1.8 MW of electricity and consumes 1.2 MW for its own use. The extra 0.6 MW will be sold to IEC for NIS 1.1 million. The plant has a license to produce 2.5 MW of electricity for 20 years with an option to renew for another 10
A power station that uses geothermal steam or heat to operate turbine-generators to generate electricity. Three different types of power plants make use of the various temperature ranges of geothermal resources: dry steam, flash and binary. The type of conversion used depends on the state of the fluid (whether steam or water) and its temperature. Dry steam power plants systems were the first type of geothermal power generation plants built. They use the steam from the geothermal reservoir as it comes from wells, and route it directly through turbine/generator units to produce electricity. Flash steam plants are the most common type of geothermal power generation plants in operation today. They use water at temperatures greater than 360°F (182°C) that is pumped under high pressure to the generation equipment at the surface. Binary cycle geothermal power generation plants differ from Dry Steam and Flash Steam systems in that the water or steam from the geothermal reservoir never comes in contact with the turbine/generator units > >
Geotechnical refers to the use of scientific methods and engineering principles to acquire, interpret, and apply knowledge of earth materials for solving engineering problems.
The branch of earth science which employs physical measurements and mathematical models to explore and analyze the structure and dynamics of the solid Earth and similar bodies and their fluid envelopes. Geophysicists use the principles of physics, mathematics and geology to study the surface and internal composition of the earth.
A person who studies the physics of the earth. Geophysicists measure, examine, and explore the physical properties of earth, from below the ground to the atmosphere, from the depths of the ocean to the tops of volcanoes. Geophysicists use the principles of physics, mathematics and geology to study the surface and internal composition of the earth. Exploration geophysicists look for oil, natural gas, water and minerals for economic exploitation and for environmental projects
The accurate measurement and recording of certain physical quantities of the Earth’s crust. geophysical methods are used (e.g. seismic) to locate probable reservoir structures capable of producing commercial quantities of natural gas and/or crude oil