Transcript Geothermal Powerpoint Slides

Can Geothermal Replace Coal
for Baseload Power?
Thomas R. Blakeslee
The Clearlight Foundation
99.9% of the Earth’s Volume is
Hot Enough To Boil Water
Geothermal Power is Renewable
and Economical Today
World’s First Geothermal Power
Plant: Still Producing 2800 MW!
Most Geothermal to date
use Accidents of Nature
EGS Geothermal: Water Injection
is Designed-in
Geodynamics’ first Hot Dry
Rocks (HDR) Power Plant
Low-Temperature Binary System
Efficient, Clean & Reliable
Inexpensive Power Generation
with a Modified Air Conditioner
From a 74°C Geothermal Well! UTCPower
Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
Fuel Costs are Exploding
Coal
Uranium
The Hidden Costs of Coal Power
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Health Care Costs (asthma, autism, cancer)
Global Warming (storms, heat, floods)
Destruction of Forests & Lakes (acid rain)
Destruction of Fisheries (mercury)
Mining Devastation of the Landscape
Oil use in Mining & Transporting
Subsidies paid for by your taxes
Future Cleanup of Toxic Waste Ponds
8 Million kilowatt-hours/year
(~ $500,000 worth) from:
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1 Megawatt of Geothermal Power
1.27 Megawatts of Coal Power
3 Megawatts of Wind Power
5 Megawatts of Solar Power
Deep Drilling Costs Dominate
Using Oil Drilling Technology
Linear Drilling Cost using
Hydrothermal Spallation
U.S. Patent #5771984 (Now in lab development by Potter Drilling.)
Geothermal Power Generation
Megawatts Installed (2005)
USA
Philippines
Mexico
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Iceland
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Kenya
Russia (Kamchatka)
Nicaragua
Guatemala
China
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The Wealth of Nations
The Age of Fuel
The Age of Free Energy