USA, California:

Remote Geothermal Communities: How To Engage Expert Advice And Communities - Case Study: Surprise Valley (California Geothermal Energy Collaborative)

Thursday, May 29th, 2014, 1:30 – 4:30 PM

California Energy Commission Headquarters, 1516 9th St., Sacramento, California, Hearing Room A

Springtime at Surprise Valley Hot Spring, by Joe LaFleur.

The State of California is encouraging development of electrical generation capacity that could be employed at the community scale  (also known as distributed generation). Assessing the magnitude and characteristics of geothermal resources that could be used for such applications is a challenge for many smaller communities since they often lack the technical resource base to conduct such work.

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