{"id":529731,"date":"2010-04-16T11:37:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=10725"},"modified":"2010-04-16T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T15:37:29","slug":"geothermal-projects-grow-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/529731","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal projects grow in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solar and wind dominate the clean energy headlines, but the nascent geothermal industry also continues to grow. The U.S. geothermal power sector reported a 26 percent growth in new projects in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In its April 2010 report, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geo-energy.org\/\" ><em>US Geothermal Power Production and Development Update<\/em><\/a> listed 188 projects underway in 15 states.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10802\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 178px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10802\" title=\"Leathers Geo plant in Calipatria, Calif., DOE\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leathers-Geo-plant-in-Calipatria-Calif.-DOE.jpg\" alt=\"The Leathers Geothermal Plant in Calipatria, Calif. (Photo: DOE)\" width=\"168\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Leathers Geothermal Plant in Calipatria, Calif. (Photo: DOE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These projects could produce enough power to provide the electricity for 7.6 million people, or 20 percent of all of California&#8217;s total power needs, according to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Geothermal power can be a critical part of the answer to global warming,&#8221; said GEA&#8217;s Executive Director, Karl Gawell. &#8220;For example, California could achieve its 2020 goal for global warming emissions reductions just by keeping energy demand level and replacing its coal-fired generation with geothermal,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Many western U.S. states have sites suitable for the production of commercial geothermal power, and this past year saw some southern U.S. states add their first geothermal plants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nevada leads the nation with more than 3,000 MegaWatts under development.<\/li>\n<li>Utah quadrupled the geothermal power it has under development.<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico, Idaho and Oregon\u00a0 are the next fastest growing geothermal locations.<\/li>\n<li>Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas started their first geothermal projects in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>The other seven states with projects are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Washington and Wyoming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like other renewable energy projects, geothermal brings local jobs and a cleaner energy that can permanently replace coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are we seeing more and more development and hiring in places with a long history of geothermal like Nevada and California, but for the first time these jobs are being created in the Gulf Coast, in states such as Louisiana and Mississippi,&#8221; Gawell said in a statement. &#8220;Along with a huge number of new construction jobs, geothermal power also creates many permanent positions that can never be outsourced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The projects underway are projected to create\u00a0 29,750 permanent jobs. \u00a0 Gawell said that federal stimulus dollars, tax incentives and the states&#8217; Renewable Electricity Standards (targets for clean energy)were fueling the growth in geothermal projects.<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, geothermal development is strongest in states with strong RES targets. California, a leader in geothermal projects, has a RES calling for 33 percent of its power to come from renewables by 2020. Nevada&#8217;s RES is set at 25 percent and Utah&#8217;s at 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>All of the geothermal power projects that came on line in 2009 used new federal tax grant provisions that were authorized in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on geothermal power, how it works and where it is installed, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geo-energy.org\/currentUse.aspx\" >GEA&#8217;s current use webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Green Right Now Reports Solar and wind dominate the clean energy headlines, but the nascent geothermal industry also continues to grow. The U.S. geothermal power sector reported a 26 percent growth in new projects in 2009. 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