Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Chile:

Report on Geothermal Conference in Chile (NRDC)

The GeoPower Latin America Conference was held November 13th-14th in Santiago Chile. The Geothermal Resources Council was a partner of the event.

DenĂ©e Reaves of the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) attended the conference and wrote the following report:

"The first point that almost all speakers touched on was the prohibitive barriers facing geothermal development in Chile. Currently, Chile has great potential for geothermal power, but due to certain restrictions only seven of about 79 concessions granted by the government are moving forward, and there is not one megawatt of geothermal energy currently being produced or used in Chile’s energy matrix."

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