Trade Group Outlines Benefits of Geothermal in Paper for Trump Administration

Renewable Energy World: The Geothermal Energy Association last week said that it shared a paper on the benefits of geothermal energy with President Donald Trump’s transition team.

In the paper, “Geothermal is Good for America,” GEA said that there are 104 operating geothermal plants in the U.S. with a capacity of 3.7 GW, and there are more than 80 new projects in development.

“Geothermal delivers a triple bottom line to our energy system: It is an abundant domestic energy source, it brings economic benefits in the form of taxes and long-term, high-paying jobs, and it has one of the lowest Levelized Costs of Energy of all power sources in the United States,” the paper said.

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