Tag: Paul Thomsen

This article on geothermal makes an important point: geothermal produces baseload power, just like coal or nuclear.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that exploration is expensive, and its success is hard to predict.  When I was listening …

The Good News: Geothermal Produces Baseload Power. The Bad News….. Read More »

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Paul Thomsen, spokesperson for Ormat Technologies, provided the book’s chapter on geothermal, discussing his company’s power plants that are a field-proven, mature commercial product operating worldwide. The first geothermal project was about 1905 in Italy. A farmer drilled a well, …

About Paul Thomsen, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” – Geothermal Read More »

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