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. Connections
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Geothermal field and power station, Baja California, Mexico, one of the largest geothermal facilities in the world.
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Combined heat and power geothermal station, Hengill volcanic area, Iceland.
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Dry steam plants use steam directly from a geothermal reservoir to spin generator turbines.
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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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Dry steam power directly uses geothermal steam of 150 °C (300 °F) or greater to turn turbines.
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