Friday, October 8, 2010

Google Warms to West Virginia's Vast Geothermal Potential | Business | GreenBiz.com

Google Warms to West Virginia's Vast Geothermal Potential | Business | GreenBiz.com


A Google-funded project has discovered a large geothermal resource under West Virginia that could more than double the electrical generation capacity of the high-profile coal state.

The research, carried out by the Southern Methodist University and funded with a $481,500 grant from Google's philanthropic arm, found that there is 78 percent more geothermal energy under the state than originally estimated.

The researchers calculated that if 2 percent of the available geothermal energy could be harnessed, the state could produce up to 18,890 megawatts (MW) of clean energy.

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