Wednesday, November 8, 2017

New Zealand: Company Claims Leapfrog Geothermal is keeping ~40% of the currently installed geothermal capacity worldwide running

Our Impact On The Geothermal Industry (Leapfrog Geothermal)

Jeremy O’Brien, Business Development Manager – Geothermal Energy, has crunched some numbers to show the potential impact Leapfrog Geothermal has had on the world. (Please note these numbers are rough estimates – as Jeremy did these calculations on the back on an envelope one morning during breakfast)

Based on the current geothermal users, Leapfrog Geothermal is keeping ~40% of the currently installed geothermal capacity worldwide running. This is about ~5,400 MW / year of electricity generation: or the equivalent of powering 5,400,000 homes in New Zealand for a year. (This is actually more than 3 times as many households as there actually are in New Zealand as of September 2017.)

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Leapfrog Geothermal is a regular exhibitor at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo - next year's event will be held October 14-17 in Reno, Nevada, USA.