A report released yesterday by the Geothermal Energy Association says that in the U.S. geothermal power generates 3,152 megawatts of electricity and there are 6,442 megawatts of new capacity under development.
In California geothermal power generates 2,605 megawatts of electricity; Nevada, the country’s second largest producer, generates nearly 450 megawatts of electricity from geothermal.