Geothermal Events Expected to Draw Record Crowd
The geothermal power industry’s largest show, the Geothermal Energy Association’s Trade Show is now a huge hit, it is expected to bring in a record no crowd this year and preparations are being made for the same. This annual meet is help in consonance with the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, and the crowds are expected to exceed over 1500 including the participants and the visitors.
“We have seen dramatic new interest in the geothermal industry,” noted Gawell, “and that is translating into many new geothermal projects in the US and around the world.”
“Last year’s programs brought together 1,000 people, and we anticipate a 50% increase,” noted Karl Gawell, GEA’s Executive Director. The GEA-GRC events will be three days long and will be held from October 1 to October 3 at the John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Nevada in Sparks..
“We have seen dramatic new interest in the geothermal industry,” noted Gawell, “and that is translating into many new geothermal projects in the US and around the world.”
The GEA in may had issues a report which had pointed new geothermal projects, 72 in number in the regions of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The projects have the capacity to double the geothermal power in the entire US when they are developed. The capacity of geothermal energy after the development of these projects will be close to 6000 MW. Another report by the association gives the 40 countries that have geothermal potential and are developing to harness it and due to these, the projection was shown to be an increase by 50% in the energy production. http://www.geo-energy.org/publications/reports.asp.)
Geothermal energy is the energy from the earth’s core, sometimes reaching as far down into the earth’s core as the magma. This is usually limited to the hot rocks a few miles down the surface of the earth.
The annual meeting can be accessed at www.geothermal.org
