Virtual
Geothermal
CalEnergy Web-Based Geothermal Power Plant Tour
Offers
an Information-Packed Field Trip by Computer
Take the tour now!
Now you can take a geothermal energy field trip—from the
depths of the Earth through the turbine of a modern geothermal electric
generation plant—on your home or office computer! How? By
viewing a unique, award-winning Virtual Geothermal Power Plant Tour
created by MidAmerican Energy (Omaha, NB)—owner of the CalEnergy
Co., Inc. Salton Sea geothermal power generation complex in southern
California. Viewers must have either Windows Media Player or QuickTime
installed on their computers to enjoy the show, which begins with
a dramatic look at geothermal resources far beneath the surface
of the Earth. Next, the tour shows how these resources are brought
to the surface and converted into steam, how the steam is used to
spin turbines and generate electricity, and how the unused fluid
is returned to the earth to sustain the geothermal resource. According
to Spurgeon, the MidAmerican/CalEnergy Virtual Geothermal Power
Plant Tour has been very well received by its target audiences since
it was posted a few months ago, and has already won a 2004 Bronze
Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators.
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