U.S. Game Changing Renewable - Geothermal Power (OilPrice.com)
The biggest weakness of renewable power advocates is the fact that the sun doesn’t always shine, nor the wind blow.
Geothermal power, which does not suffer from down time, is slowly gaining ground in the United States.
According to the U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration, “Geothermal is one of the main renewable energy sources used to generate U.S. electricity, even though its growth has not been as strong as wind and solar over the last three years during a big push to increase generation from renewables. Geothermal energy's greatest growth potential is in the western states.”
Given Washington’s sudden interest in U.S. energy independence, it would seem that geothermal power is at last acquiring some friends on Capitol Hill, a game changer for any efforts to restructure the U.S. power industry, King Coal and Big Oil are not going to be pleased.
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