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NASA: Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth's atmosphere
- Aug, 03, 2022
- Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Geo-Energy Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geology Highlights Other News
- Tonga
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions on the planet blasted such a massive amount of water vapor high into the atmosphere that it's likely to temporarily warm the Earth's surface, according to...
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Ethiopia: a controversial hydroelectric dam, built on the Blue Nile River, starts generating power
- Feb, 19, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Energy Geotechnics Geo-Energy News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Ethiopia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A hydroelectric dam, built on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, will officially begin generating power on Sunday as the construction project reaches 80% completion. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Da...
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Northern Ireland: new consortium to explore geothermal energy projects
- Dec, 21, 2021
- Geothermal Other Geotechnical Energy Geotechnics Geo-Energy News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Projects that provide 100% renewable energy to homes and businesses across the region will be brought forward by Geothermal NI, which is formed of MJM Renewables, Arup, Queen’s University Belfast and...
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Dynamic response of wind turbines under combined wind-earthquake loading
- Sep, 03, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Energy Geotechnics Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study investigates the combined effect of wind and earthquake forces to assess the dynamic behavior of wind turbines. The demand for renewable energy is nowadays at its peak. Wind power is a gr...
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Fossil fuel retirement more cost-efficient than previously thought
- Dec, 04, 2020
- Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, elaborating on fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States, the retirement of the correspondent power plants is not expected to be as expensive as previously conceived....
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62,163 paper downloads in 2020 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
- Jan, 13, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Publications Dam Engineering Data Management Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Forensics Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Geo-Energy Geoenvironmental Engineering Geomatics Geomorphology Geophysics Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Groundwater & Seepage Instrumentation Landslides Laboratory Testing Levees Mining Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Ports Residual Soils Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering CaseHistories is proud to announce that 62,163 papers were downloaded in 2020. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an off...
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Amazon plans for two brand-new renewable energy projects in Ireland and in the U.S.
- Aug, 09, 2019
- Energy Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On August 1, 2019, Amazon announced a plan for two new renewable energy projects in Ireland and in Virginia. The initiative follows a dispute between the company's employees and its stakeholders. At...
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Video: Watch the 2014 Terzaghi Lecture!
- Jun, 10, 2014
- News On Events Energy Geotechnics Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior
- Westin Peachtree Plaza Atlanta, Atlanta
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Watch the 2014 Terzaghi Lecture, entitled "Energy Geotechnology: Enabling New Insights Into Soil Behavior" delivered by Prof. J. Carlos Santamarina, Ph.D.,Ing., A.M.ASCE, at the 2014 Geo-Con...
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