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Geothermal energy supplies less than 10 % of the world's energy.
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Geothermal energy is clean and safe for the surrounding environment.
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Geothermal energy is sustainable because hot water can be re-injected into the ground.
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Geothermal energy can be found in the form of volcanoes, hot springs and geysers.
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Geothermal energy's advantage is also the fact that geothermal power stations are relatively small, and have a lesser impact on the environment than for instance hydroelectric plants.
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Geothermal energy use has very low emissions of greenhouse gases to about three percent of the carbon dioxide emissions of a fossil power station.
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Geothermal energy is extremely efficient (almost 100 %) energy source where only real source of losing energy is from turbine friction.
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Geothermal energy has three main uses: Heating, Electricity generation and Geothermal heat pumps.
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Geothermal energy does not produce any pollution, and does not contribute to the greenhouse effect.
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No fuel is needed.
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shared by gazdiknic99 on 11 Mar 13 - No Cached

Table 1: Levelized cost of capital electricityInitial Capital InvestmentCost of Power (cents/kWh)*$2400 per KW3.99 - 5.76$2900 per KW4.40 – 6.54$3400 per KW4.81 – 7.33 
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shared by gazdiknic99 on 08 Mar 13 - Cached

Wells can be drilled into underground reservoirs for the generation of electricity. Some geothermal power plants use the steam from a reservoir to power a turbine/generator, while others use the hot water to boil a working fluid that vaporizes and then turns a turbine.
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shared by gazdiknic99 on 22 Oct 12 - No Cached

Geothermal energy has the potential to generate and deliver sustainable supplies of clean, renewable base load power.
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individual production wells have the potential to generate consistent supplies of base load power for decades.
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Base load electricity generated from geothermal energy is clean, renewable and has minimal impact on the environment.
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Unlike burning fossil fuels, the process emits no greenhouse gases, pollution or hazardous wastes.
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