Wednesday, May 16, 2012

USA, Nevada:

Geothermal, Solar Power Unite In First of Its Kind Facility (Earth Techling)

(Courtesy Nevada State Office of Energy)  
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu earlier this month heralded the creation of a new geothermal-solar power plant in Fallon, Nevada, which he said was “the first of its kind in the world.”

The Stillwater facility has 26 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic solar generating capacity and 33 MW of geothermal power