Republic of Ireland:

Hoping to Bring Geothermal Skills Home (Irish Times)

Irish native Gavin Blower (Courtesy Irish Times)

Gavin Blower had only the vaguest notion of what geothermal energy was four years ago. Since leaving Ireland for the US in 2010, though he has become something of an expert on the subject. He hopes one day to bring that expertise to bear closer to home.

The Cork native works as financial manager in Washington DC with GeoGlobal Energy, a company focused on the development and acquisition of geothermal resources to generate renewable, low-carbon electricity.

Blower (26) started off in a lowly role with the firm shortly after completing an MSc in business finance at University College Cork in 2010. He has now become one of its key staff members, with responsibility for raising capital for a number of concessions in Germany.

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