Tyler Hamilton of the Star writes in his blog, Clean Break, about the rapid growth of industrial-scale geothermal power generation. He quotes from a new report from the Geothermal Energy Association:
“The number of countries producing geothermal power and total worldwide geothermal capacity under development appear to be increasing significantly in the first decade of the 21st century,” according to the report. “The number of countries producing power from geothermal resources could increase 120 per cent, from 21 in 2000 to as many as 46 in 2010. Total geothermal capacity online could increase over 55 per cent, from 8,661 megawatts in 2000 to 13,500 megawatts or more.”