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Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance

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NREL's Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance provides an overview of the strategies used to raise capital for geothermal power projects that:

  • Use conventional, proven technologies
  • Are located in the United States
  • Produce utility power (roughly 10 megawatts or more).

Learn more about the Guidebook to Geothermal Power Finance.

NREL's Financing Geothermal Power Projects website, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Program, provides information for geothermal power project developers and investors interested in financing utility-scale geothermal power projects. Read an overview of how financing works for geothermal power projects, including the advantages to financing geothermal power projects and the challenges developers and investors may face.

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