Closing

Our intention has been to provide the reader with a balanced overview of the utility-scale geothermal power industry. We believe clean, reliable power can be developed from renewable resources, with geothermal power making an important contribution. Examples from the U.S. geothermal sector have been used to illustrate the costs, benefits, policies, and trends in geothermal energy today. What follows is a list or further resources available on the world-wide web to allow the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the potential of geothermal power and the issues surrounding its development. We urge the reader to seek further understanding of these issues, and the means to their resolution, in order to support the progress of geothermal energy in providing clean, reliable, and economic power.

Sources of Further Information

U.S. Government Programs

U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/geothermal

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Geothermal Technologies Program
http://www.nrel.gov/geothermal/geoelectricity.html

International Programs

Philippines Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov.ph

The World Bank Group
http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal

Industry Associations

Geothermal Energy Association
http://www.geo-energy.org

Geothermal Resources Council
http://www.geothermal.org

International Geothermal Association
http://iga.igg.cnr.it

Nonprofit Organizations

Marin County Geothermal Education Office
http://www.geothermal.marin.org

Renewable Northwest Project
http://www.rnp.org/RenewTech/tech_geo.html

Technical Information

University of Utah Energy & Geoscience Institute
http://egi-geothermal.org

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
http://geothermal.id.doe.gov

Oregon Institute of Technology
http://geoheat.oit.edu

Geothermal Resource Assessment

Geothermal Energy Research State Maps
http://geothermal.id.doe.gov/maps-software.shtml

United States Geothermal Potential http://www.eere.energy.gov/geopoweringthewest/geomap.html

Opportunities for Near-Term Geothermal Development on Public Lands in the Western United States (CD-ROM)
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/33105.pdf

U.S. Geothermal Projects and Resource Areas
http://geoheat.oit.edu/dusys.htm

Additional Resources

http://www.geo-energy.org/Links.htm
http://iga.igg.cnr.it/links.php