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...dusty patch of Saudi desert. Instead, the 2,600-m-long steel drill is boring deep into a picturesque corner of Tuscany, fabled land of Renaissance frescoes and Chianti Classico. And the search is not for crude oil, but for boiling underground wells that can produce clean steam energy. The central Italian region happens to be the world's unrivaled mecca of geothermal energy production. In 1904 the first experiment ever in steam-powered electricity was conducted in Larderello, when five light bulbs were lit by a dynamo propelled by geothermal liquid. Nine years later, the first steam-generated power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steaming Forward | 6/8/2003 | See Source »

...economy was running at full steam and phrases such as venture capital and dot-com were on the tip of everyone’s tongue...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coping With The Downturn | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Full Steam Ahead...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rethinking an Education | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

Many University initiatives and projects are continuing full steam ahead...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Deficits Are Slight Despite Stagnant Economy | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...while the plant began to provide chilled water and steam in 1981, the engines—whose purpose was to produce electricity—could not yet be turned on, pending a final ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on the DEQE decision, which had been appealed once again by local activists. Because the plant was only partially operational, its co-generation cost savings remained unrealized as MATEP’s price tag swelled to $230 million...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Total Energy to Total Disaster | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

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