12-29-2007, 11:11 AM
The oldest US geothermal plant is just outside of San Francisco. The Geysers has provided power for 3/4 of a century, and 30 yrs ago when I was studying engineering, Geysers was highlighted for the amount of electricity produced (at one time supplying a large portion of the Bay demand):
http://www.geysers.com/
PGV is permitted to produce twice the output, but is currently a non-regulating facility. The County of Hawaii 2005 General Plan is a great resource on power use in this county:
http://www.hawaii-county.com/la/gp/2005/main.html
along with the Kohala Center:
http://learning.kohalacenter.org/general...asp?id=785
http://www.geysers.com/
PGV is permitted to produce twice the output, but is currently a non-regulating facility. The County of Hawaii 2005 General Plan is a great resource on power use in this county:
http://www.hawaii-county.com/la/gp/2005/main.html
along with the Kohala Center:
http://learning.kohalacenter.org/general...asp?id=785