Geothermal energy is evolving and can be helpful.

What is interesting is several LOOK AT ME hyped up are in the game and while some of it is economic much may not be.


Heat from geothermal damaged a city in Germany in 2009!

"Green gone wrong07/12/2009July 12, 2009Residents near Dortmund were evacuated this week after the ground collapsed around a geothermal heat pump, while in another German town, almost 190 buildings have now been damaged by a geothermal project gone awry."


It was 2007 in "southern German village of Staufen, the news came as little surprise: their town began sinking - and then rising - as a result of geothermal drilling almost two years ago."

A little irony in that Staufen was not far from a Nuclear power plant which was shut down!

On Geothermal Iceland has long had some of the best resources in the World While 80% of Power is carbon free only about 20-30% is Geothermal.
Iceland gets most of its Electrical power from Hydro. It uses most of the Geothermal in heating "The main use of geothermal energy is for space heating, with the heat being distributed to buildings through extensive district-heating systems.[2] Nearly all Icelandic homes are heated with renewable energy, with 90% of homes being via geothermal energy.[6] The remaining homes that are not located in areas with geothermal resources are heated by renewable electricity instead.[7]"

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About 85% of the total primary energy supply in Iceland is derived from domestically produced renewable energy sources. This is the highest share of renewable energy in any national total energy budget.

In 2016 geothermal energy provided about 65% of primary energy, the share of hydropower was 20%, and the share of fossil fuels (mainly oil products for the transport sector) was 15%. In 2013 Iceland also became a producer of wind energy. The main use of geothermal energy is for space heating, with the heat being distributed to buildings through extensive district-heating systems. About 85% of all houses in Iceland are heated with geothermal energy.

In 2015, the total electricity consumption in Iceland was 18,798 GWh. Renewable energy provided almost 100% of electricity production, with about 73% coming from hydropower and 27% from geothermal power. Most of the hydropower plants are owned by Landsvirkjun (the National Power Company) which is the main supplier of electricity in Iceland. Iceland is the world's largest green energy producer per capita and largest electricity producer per capita, with approximately 55,000 kWh per person per year. In comparison, the EU average is less than 6,000 kWh.

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Germany dreaming it can be like Iceland is facing the reality of its choice to prematurely shut down its Nuclear Power plants "

German official says Germany 'should end dreams' of phasing out coal by 2030

To meet its energy needs through winter, Germany, a world leader in renewable energy, has had to keep coal plants running, including several mothballed plants it brought back online earlier in October.

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