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unusual facts about geothermal power



Mighty River Power

The company owns and operates the hydroelectric generating stations on the Waikato River as well as geothermal plants in the Taupo area, the gas fired (combined cycle) Southdown plant in south Auckland and the largely unused plant (Marsden A and Marsden B) at Marsden Point near Whangarei.

Mogote de Bagaces

Thanks to the energy-producing potential of the Miravalles, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) started a geothermal project in the region, which brought employment opportunities.

Newberry Volcano

This is the highest temperature ever recorded at a dormant Cascade volcano, hotter than even The Geysers of California, the world's largest producer of geothermal power.

Ormoc

The city enjoys economic growth because it supplies a large part of the country's power needs with its abundant geothermal power resources in Tongonan and neighbouring Kananga town.

West Indies Power

West Indies Power is a geothermal power company registered in the Netherlands Antilles and with the head office in Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis.


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Energy use in California

A facility known as “The Geysers,” located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco, is the largest group of geothermal power plants in the world, with more than 750 megawatts of installed capacity.

Hangu District, Tianjin

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.

Jose Rene Almendras

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.

Malitbog Geothermal Power Station

Malitbog Geothermal Power Station is a 232.5 MW geothermal power plant and is the world's largest geothermal power plant under one roof located in Malitbog, Kanangan, Leyte, Philippines.

U.S. Geothermal Inc.

The company operates four power plants including the Raft River geothermal power project, located in the Raft River area of Southeastern Idaho, a geothermal project at Neal Hot Springs, Oregon, the San Emidio project located in Nevada as well as the Guatemala project located in the southwest of Guatemala City in the Republic of Guatemala.

West Indies Power

It has geothermal power development activities in Nevis, Saba and Dominica.