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  2. Geothermal energy - Wikipedia

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    Geothermal resources are theoretically more than adequate to supply humanity's energy needs. Most extraction occurs in areas near tectonic plate boundaries. The cost of generating geothermal power decreased by 25% during the 1980s and 1990s. [1] Technological advances continued to reduce costs and thereby expand the amount of viable resources.

  3. Cost of electricity by source - Wikipedia

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    The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is a metric that attempts to compare the costs of different methods of electricity generation consistently. Though LCOE is often presented as the minimum constant price at which electricity must be sold to break even over the lifetime of the project, such a cost analysis requires assumptions about the value of various non-financial costs (environmental ...

  4. Geothermal heating - Wikipedia

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    Geothermal energy is a type of renewable energy that encourages conservation of natural resources. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, geo-exchange systems save homeowners 30–70 percent in heating costs, and 20–50 percent in cooling costs, compared to conventional systems. [29]

  5. Geothermal power - Wikipedia

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    Geothermal power is highly scalable: a small power station can supply a rural village, though initial capital costs can be high. [54] The most developed geothermal field is the Geysers in California. In 2008, this field supported 15 stations, all owned by Calpine, with a total generating capacity of 725 MW. [55]

  6. Geothermal energy poised for boom, as U.S. looks to follow ...

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    Traditionally, geothermal energy has only been economical in places like Iceland, where heat and water are close to the Earth’s surface. Recent technological advances may solve that problem, and ...

  7. Renewable energy - Wikipedia

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    Geothermal energy extraction is viable mostly in countries located on tectonic plate edges, where the Earth's hot mantle is more exposed. [127] As of 2023, the United States has by far the most geothermal capacity (2.7 GW, [128] or less than 0.2% of the country's total energy capacity [129]), followed by Indonesia and the Philippines. Global ...

  8. Geothermal energy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Sonoma Calpine 3 geothermal power station of The Geysers. Geothermal energy in the United States was first used for electric power production in 1960. The Geysers in Sonoma and Lake counties, California was developed into what is now the largest geothermal steam electrical plant in the world, at 1,517 megawatts. Other geothermal steam ...

  9. Levelized cost of electricity - Wikipedia

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    The cost of a electricity production depends on costs during the expected lifetime of the generator and the amount of electricity the generator is expected to produce over its lifetime. The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is the average cost in currency per energy unit, for example, EUR per kilowatt-hour or AUD per megawatt-hour. [3]