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California Could Be Powered Completely by Geothermal Energy


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After years of dealing with brownouts and being at the mercy of other states for electricity, California may finally have a way out. While a lot of attention has been given to the new solar power plants being built in California, many scientists have been trying to point California a different direction. Instead of spending billions of dollars creating high tech solar plants, these scientists want to take advantage of California’s abundant geothermal energy supply. Thanks to a correction of a previous government oversight, California now has access to enough geothermal energy to power the entire state. To think California will finally be energy independent.

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If ten percent of the land now open to leasing is eventually developed with similar yields to existing leases, geothermal production would increase 2000%. That is equivalent to roughly 243,000 MW, or roughly enough to power the whole state of California. This is just from the lands in California — the Programmatic Geothermal Environmental Impact Study (PGEIS) also made decisions for 11 other western states. And, while that sounds like a lot of land to give over development, geothermal power only uses a tiny fraction of each lease for power production. (altdotenergy)

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