Energy Sources
Geothermal Energy
Also Known As Geothermal Power
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Heat drawn from within the Earth, used directly for bathing and heating since antiquity and for electricity since the first geothermal generator ran at Larderello, Italy, in 1904. Geothermal power is steady rather than variable, but commercially usable high-temperature fields are concentrated in volcanically active regions such as Italy, Iceland, New Zealand, and the western United States.
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Source Class First Commercial YearPrince Piero Ginori Conti lit five bulbs from geothermal steam at Larderello in 1904; the first commercial geothermal power station opened there in 1913. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. United States Energy Information Administration Official Site
1. United States Energy Information Administration Official Site
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Dry steam plants use steam directly from a geothermal reservoir to spin generator turbines.
2. Encyclopedia Britannica
United States Department of Energy Official Site
United States Department of Energy Official Site
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has helped Italy become the sixth-largest producer of geothermal energy in the world, as it forms nearly 2% of Italy's energy mix.
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