Monday, June 25, 2012

USA:

Geothermal In The Land Of Burning Man (Earth Techling)

For example: On your way to Burning Man this year, peer off to the west, oh, about eight miles before you hit Empire on Highway 447. You won’t be able to see it, but just a short drive out that lonely two-lane stretch of cracked macadam, out behind the hills, there’s clean energy being produced.

The Sen Emidio geothermal plant has been operating in what is officially (and somewhat oddly) called the San Emidio Desert Known Geothermal Resource Area since the late 1980s. But a significant upgrade has been under way over the past couple of years, and last week U.S. Geothermal began commercial operation of a new 8.6 megawatt power plant.

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