Beowawe Geothermal Plant, Nevada |
New geothermal plants take several years to come online and are expensive to develop. But with untapped reserves and increasing calls to decarbonize the grid, the industry is hopeful utilities and policymakers will give more attention to the renewable often ignored and left on the sideline.
“When people talk about renewable energy, they say wind and solar,” said Ian Crawford, the communications director for a California-based trade group, Geothermal Resources Council. “They forget that there are other renewable energies as well.”
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