Geothermal Energy at Sundance Resort

There is a clean alternative to Nuclear and Fossil Fuel energy production. Geothermal electricity is electricity generated from geothermal energy. Technologies in use include dry steam power plants, flash steam power plants and binary cycle power plants. Geothermal electricity generation is currently used in 24 countries while geothermal heating is in use in 70 countries.

In the 20th century, demand for electricity led to the consideration of geothermal power as a generating source. Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904 in Larderello, Italy. It successfully lit four light bulbs. Later, in 1911, the world's first commercial geothermal power plant was built there. Experimental generators were built in Beppu, Japan and the Geysers, California, in the 1920s, but Italy was the world's only industrial producer of geothermal electricity until 1958.

In 2010, the United States led the world in geothermal electricity production with 3,086 MW of installed capacity from 77 power plants; the largest group of geothermal power plants in the world is located at The Geysers, a geothermal field in California. The Philippines follows the US as the second highest producer of geothermal power in the world, with 1,904 MW of capacity online; geothermal power makes up approximately 18% of the country's electricity generation.
Geothermal power is highly scalable: a large geothermal plant can power entire cities while a smaller power plant can supply a rural village.
Chevron Corporation is the world's largest private producer of geothermal electricity.

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[genie0390]

easy for iceland to be very big in geothermal, they'tr sitting on top of 2 volcanoes, including one which is a super volcanoe

[JCVdude]

@genie0390 Geothermal electricity generation is currently used in 24 countries while geothermal heating is in use in 70 countries.

All it takes is a commitment and will power.

[NorCalExplorer]

Did not know that the U.S.A leads in geothermal energy. Thank you for the information.

[JCVdude]

@NorCalExplorer I was also surprised having recently seen documentaries that talked of Iceland and New Zealand. We are coming down to California in May and look forward to seeing the Geysers Geothermal Resource Area in Napa and Sonoma Counties.

[MagikMan191]

@JVCdude - I too live in BC (North Shore) and think BC is one of the leaders when it comes to geothermal energy. So many facilities and buildings/condos going up now are leading the way with this technology.

Again - take a peek at the vid I posted below. It's a long vid (1/2 hour), but opens your eyes on the electrical production side of it.

Take care, and again - awesome video.

MM

[MagikMan191]

@JVCdude - great video! I totally agree with you on Geothermal energy, however Geothermal Electricity is not as clean as we're led to believe.

Geothermal energy -running pipes into the ground to heat water before going into facilities to lessen the demand for energy to heat is brilliant.

Geothermal Electricity is generated by collecting from steam pools that deplete, or by fracking the earth and injecting water.

The process induces earthquakes.

Just did a vid on this: watch?v=O0fT1U-6zUs

MM

[frankensteinmoneymac]

I have a friend who sets up free, and clean AC in buildings. A small home just needs a small tunnel of a certain length with an opening for air to come in dug around (if I remember correctly) about 6 foot down, then you add a small chimney in the roof of your house and connect the two. The heat differential will cause the cooler air of the tunnel to fill your house, and the hotter air to be blow out the chimney. I know he's set up a lot of them in places as hot as Africa and they work great.

[NorCalExplorer]

@JCVdude Come by Northern California in June when you can get to Lassen Park. They have many kinds of thermals there. Don't miss bumpass if you are there.