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New Reports!!!
Click here for our March 2009 report, Update on U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development.
Click here for our new report, Geothermal 101: Basics of Geothermal Energy Production and Use.
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Mark your calendar!!!
Upcoming Geothermal Energy Association Events 2009
May 6, 2009: Geothermal Energy Project Showcase, Washington, DC
GEA will be inviting the DC energy policy and technology community to see geothermal energy projects under development in the West at the Newseum in Washington DC. Leading geothermal companies in the U.S. will show their new geothermal projects either near completion or just coming online. Companies will share footage (video or stills) and talk about their projects. A panel discussion with moderator is also expected to be part of this half-day event. For more information contact Kathy Kent at kathy@geo-energy.org.
Thanks to our Gold Level Sponsors: Ormat, Enel North America, UTC Power
June 3, 2009: GEA Geothermal Energy West Coast Finance and Development Workshop, Seattle, WA
GEA will hold its next in a highly successful series of Finance and Development Workshops in Seattle, WA on June 3. The agenda of this workshop will include a U.S. Geothermal update, panel of project developers, technology panel, finance panel, community/environmental panel, tribal and power company perspectives, keynote presentations by the Mayor of Seattle and other notable invitees. While encompassing development across the U.S., some presentations will focus on the Pacific Northwest. This event will be promoted nationwide and to the media. For more information contact Kathy Kent at kathy@geo-energy.org.
Thanks to our Gold Level Sponsors: Ormat and UTC Power
August 12-13, 2009: GEA Geothermal Energy Direct Use/Small Power Finance Workshop, Klamath Falls, OR
GEA in cooperation with OIT will host a geothermal direct-use and small power workshop in Klamath Falls, Oregon in the summer of 2009. The format would be an all day workshop with a site tour the following day. Included in the workshop agenda will be the how-to’s of financing a small power/direct use project, direct use technology, presentations of small projects and direct use projects today and information about drilling and exploration for such projects. For more information contact Kathy Kent at kathy@geo-energy.org.
Thanks to our Gold Level Sponsor: UTC Power
October 4-7, 2009: Geothermal Energy 2009 Expo, Peppermill Resort and Casino, Reno, NV
More information and registration coming soon. For speaking opportunities, please contact Kathy at kathy@geo-energy.org. To view sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
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Quick Fact:
Did you know...
About 6 million people in the U.S. get their household energy through geothermal technology? Half of these, about 3 million, receive electricity from geothermal power plants, and the other half use geothermal heat pumps to provide their heating and cooling needs.