Geothermal energy source (click on picture to enlarge).Geothermal energy is often referred to as geothermal power.
Geothermal energy supplies less than 10 % of the world's energy.
Geothermal energy is clean and safe for the surrounding environment.
Geothermal energy is sustainable because hot water can be re-injected into the ground.
Geothermal energy is extremely price competitive in suitable areas.
Geothermal energy suitable areas aren't widely spread.
Geothermal energy is main energy source in Iceland.
Geothermal energy is very important energy source in volcanically active places such as new Zealand and Iceland.
Geothermal energy can be found in the form of volcanoes, hot springs and geysers.
Geothermal energy has three main uses: Heating, Electricity generation and Geothermal heat pumps.
Geothermal energy is used since ancient times in form of hot water.
Geothermal energy exploit uses three basic types of geothermal power plants: Dry steam, Flash steam and Binary power plant.
Geothermal energy use has very low emissions of greenhouse gases to about three percent of the carbon dioxide emissions of a fossil power station.
Geothermal principle (click on picture to enlarge).Geothermal energy's amount of electricity is less than 1 percent of total electricity produced in the USA.
Geothermal energy is also widely used in the state of Nevada.
Geothermal energy got its name from Greek words: geo (earth) and therme (heat), and therefore geothermal energy is in fact Earth's heat..
Geothermal energy has minimum negative environmental impact.
Geothermal energy is giving 18 % of Iceland's total electricity.
Geothermal energy could produce 10 percent of US electricity by the year 2050.
Geothermal energy could supply US with more than 30,000 MW of power by 2025.
Geothermal energy doesn't depend on the sun like other renewable energy resources.
Geothermal energy widely exploited in Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, Italy, Philippines and in USA mostly in California and Nevada.
Geothermal energy is taken from Earth with the help of geothermal heat pumps.
Geothermal energy can be easily found and exploited along the "Ring of Fire" region.
Geothermal energy is extremely efficient (almost 100 %) energy source where only real source of losing energy is from turbine friction.
Geothermal energy has only one real problem and that is lack of easily accessible sites.
Geothermal energy's advantage is also the fact that geothermal power plants run continuously day and night with an uptime typically exceeding 95%.
Geothermal energy's advantage is also the fact that geothermal power stations are relatively small, and have a lesser impact on the environment than for instance hydroelectric plants.
US geothermal map (click on picture to enlarge)
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Geothermal can power the World Alone,
this can be the end of fossil energy forever, unless they dont let us...
ZeitGeist Movement
this was helpful
You said that geothermal energy does not need the sun, but the sun controls the water cycle so when it rains it creates groundd water and if the sun disaperes not matter how hot the earths mantle or core is the earth would freeze. so geothermal energy along with everything else on this planet needs the sun.
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Having visited many sites in the United States that could be viable sources of geothermal energy, I continue to question the drive to keep doing the same thing, i.e. fossil fuels, wind, solar, nuclear, bio fuels.. does anyone realize the potential of the earths' core as an unlimited source of energy. Technonogy today can and should look in that direction. Some already have.
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