Geothermal energy... the benefits of nuclear - with none of the problems

The Department of Defense recently estimated that the geothermal potential on U.S. military facilities alone is a cool 926 gigawatts. ... geothermal could play a significant role in our domestic energy future.

A new geothermal power plant has come online in Nevada - New Geothermal Power Plant Shows What the U.S. Can Do.

A new 15 megawatt, utility scale geothermal power plant has just come online in Jersey Valley, Nevada.The project is significant because according to its host company, Ormat Technologies, it was the only utility-scale geothermal plant to be completed in the U.S. within the past year or so. Geothermal is reliable, renewable, clean energy produced right here in the U.S., and it's not subject to global market fluctuations or political turmoil overseas — say, shouldn't we be building these things at a rate of more than just one per year?

Geothermal energy from the new plant in Nevada will be purchased by NV Energy, which already has an extensive geothermal energy portfolio dating back to the 1980′s.

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