Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Italy:

Enel Green Power Inaugurates the New Geothermal Museum (evwind)

One hundred years after the construction of the world’s first geothermal power plant in Larderello, EGP has inaugurated a museum dedicated to the development of geothermal power throughout history.

The Geothermal Museum was inaugurated yesterday morning at the Enel Green Power Village at Larderello in Tuscany, in the presence of the region’s Environmental and Energy Councillor Anna Rita Bramerini, Enel Green Power CEO Francesco Starace, the President of the Province of Pisa Andrea Pieroni, the Mayors of the areas where geothermal energy is produced and the heads of a number of authorities, including the Prefect of Pisa Francesco Tagliente.

The Geothermal museum is dedicated to the evolution of geothermal energy and its industrial advances throughout history. Across 10 rooms visitors can find out all about geothermal energy, from the Etruscan Roman baths to its uses in chemistry, the discovery of its ability to produce electricity and the birth of the geothermal electricity industry. The Museum will be central to a geothermal tourism that attracts more than 50,000 visitors per year.

The GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Energy Expo is celebrating "A global resource, from Larderello to Las Vegas" is being held at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA until tomorrow.

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