Geothermal accounts for 28% of Philippines electricity
According to the Washington Post:
Geothermal power now accounts for about 28 percent of the electricity generated in the Philippines. With 90 million people, about 40 percent of whom live on less than $2 a day, this country has become the world’s largest consumer of electricity from geothermal sources. Billions of dollars have been saved here because of reduced need for imported oil and coal.
In installed geothermal power capacity, the country ranks No. 2 in the world, narrowly trailing the United States, which has far more geothermal potential, far more engineering talent and far greater demand for clean sustainable power.
But unlike in the Philippines, government policy in the United States has been inconsistent….
If geothermal technology continues to advance, the Geological Survey report said, there is enough accessible public and private land in the 13 Western states to supply about half the electricity now generated in the United States.
We, in Oregon, have been identified as one of the leading places on the planet for the harnessing of geothermal power. Central Oregon’s Newberry Crater is said to be one of the best geothermal resources in the world. Currently there is a project going to build a geothermal plant to harness the craters energy. However, The Juniper Group, and other radical environmental organizations oppose the project and have been delaying the building of the plant.
This is, in the most fundamental sense of the term, a tragedy.
For more information about geothermal, see Geothermal Energy Controversy In Central Oregon.
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