The world's oldest geothermal district heating system in Chaudes-Aigues, France, has been operating since the 14th century.
Much of the areas electric power is generated from Solar energy, while there is also widespread use of oil resources and geothermal power, which has been heavily exploited.
To use the earth's warmth to extract energy for heating, air conditioning and hot water, a geothermal system was installed in the outside area of the National Park Centre.
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The devices were featured in a National Geographic documentary "MegaStructures: Deep Earth Drillers" about geothermal energy.
In the Azores, five geothermal power plants exist on São Miguel, one near Pico Vermelho (in operation since 1981) and four binary cycle power plants in Ribeira Grande, which have together an installed capacity of 16 MWe.
The Rotorua City Geothermal Energy Empowering Act 1967 is an Act to enable the Rotorua City Council to make provisions for the control of the tapping and use of geothermal energy in the city of Rotorua.
On 25 June 2010 the Tubophon was played for the first time by Prof. Peter Sadlo and Doubledrums at the inauguration of the geothermal energy centre in Unterföhring.
Geothermal power makes up approximately 18% of the country’s electricity generation and President Benigno Aquino III aimed for the Philippines to be the number one geothermal energy producer in the world, once the additional 1,475 MW capacity is achieved.
In 2004 it was announced that a further scheme would be built to heat the UK's first geothermal energy model village near Eastgate, County Durham.
The Minewater Project, an experimental scheme to provide geothermal energy was to be based in Shawfair.
These projects, if completed, will make Saint Kitts and Nevis the first country in the Caribbean to utilize large-scale geothermal energy, and one of the least dependent nations in the world on fossil-fuels.