USA, Alaska:

For Chena Hot Springs Owner The Only Dumb Ideas are Those Never Pursued (KTUU.com)

GRC Members Bernie Karl and his wife Connie are the recipients of the 2013 GRC Geothermal Special Achievement Award for acknowledgement of accomplishments at Chena Hot Springs and of steadfast support advancing interest in and development of geothermal resources.

Bernie Karl, for those who don’t know, is the owner and operator of the Chena Hot Springs Resort, 56.5 miles northeast of Fairbanks in Alaska. Never earning a college degree, he is a self-made man and his tenacity and big ideas have helped him find success through a number of his endeavors.

Karl’s resort is home to a number of attractions, like horseback riding, ATV riding, hiking, fishing and more. However, Karl is also responsible for piloting initiatives in geothermal energy through the hot springs. That energy has earned him recognition in Popular Mechanics Magazine as a model for clean energy. The magazine called Karl a visionary and an ingenious engineer for tapping into one of the most overlooked energy resources – not fossil fuels – to produce electricity, heat and now hydrogen.

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