| There are a list of geothermal companies that are | | | | make the land unstable in the surrounding areas of |
| from all over the world such as Mitsubishi, Enel Green | | | | the power plant. Hot water from the geothermal |
| Power, Geoscience, Eco Systems Ireland Ltd., Enerflo | | | | steam can also be dangerous if it makes its way into |
| Geothermal Technologies, Geothermex, One Source | | | | underground drinking water because it contains |
| Energy Inc., PB Power, Sky Power Systems, and | | | | mercury, lead, and arsenic. |
| many many more. They all specialize in many | | | | Geothermal plants are popping up all over the world |
| different things, such as solar power, renewable | | | | such as Africa, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, |
| energy, geothermal consulting, etc. | | | | Iceland, Russia, Portugal, and many other countries. |
| So what is geothermal power anyway? Geothermal | | | | Hundreds of thousands of homes in the U.S. use |
| power is energy generated by the Earth's heat that | | | | geothermal climate control. |
| is stored underground. They process this energy in | | | | Geothermal energy is expected to produce enough |
| geothermal plants throughout the world. Homes can | | | | energy to provide us with a power source for |
| also use geothermal climate control, allowing the | | | | thousands of years, which could help save us money |
| home to be heated in the winter and cooled in the | | | | in years to come because geothermal energy is quite |
| summer while using far less power than traditional | | | | efficient. |
| methods. | | | | How Geothermal Power Came to Be |
| A geothermal climate controlled home generally | | | | Geothermal energy wasn't used for power until the |
| works by circulating a liquid throughout the house and | | | | twentieth century. A man from Italy tested the first |
| underground. In the winter, the liquid absorbs heat | | | | geothermal generator in the early 1900's, which lit up |
| from underground and disperses it into the home as | | | | four light bulbs. Seven years later in the same |
| it circulates above ground. During the summer | | | | location, they built the world's first geothermal power |
| months, the opposite occurs as the liquid absorbs | | | | plant. |
| heat from the home and disperses the heat into the | | | | A few years later the United States caught on to |
| ground. | | | | the idea and built their first geothermal power plant |
| There are many advantages to this kind of energy. | | | | at the Geysers resort. The plant was able to |
| Heat energy requires no fuel to purchase. Geothermal | | | | generate enough power to run the whole resort. |
| plants work twenty-four hours a day making it a | | | | There are so many ways to produce energy to |
| very competitive company. | | | | make electricity, and some are more expensive than |
| But there are also disadvantages to geothermal heat | | | | others. But if you do your research you will find out |
| energy. Geothermal fluid is extremely corrosive. By | | | | about what energy plants are better for our |
| extracting geothermal fluids it is feared that it will | | | | environment and which ones are more efficient. |