Geothermal energy is a renewable source of energy stored as heat within the Earth. It can be extracted and converted to electricity without burning fossil fuels, making it clean and low emission. Unlike fossil fuels which are finite, geothermal energy is essentially limitless since heat continually radiates from the Earth's interior. Geothermal power also provides base load stability for the electric grid, can reduce the carbon footprint of buildings for heating and cooling, is highly scalable, and has a small land footprint making it suitable for dense urban areas.

1. Why Should We Use Geothermal
Energy
Geothermal Energy
Top 9 Reason
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2. 100% Renewable
Geothermal power is based on heat energy
stored underneath the ground. This intense
heat is trapped in enormous quantities inside
water reservoirs in the earth’s crust. In fact, it
is considered essentially limitless.

3. Clean-Burning and Low-Emission
Geothermal energy is considered clean
because it can be extracted and converted
without burning any fossil fuels. The
‘emissions’ from a geothermal plant are
mainly benign water vapors.

4. Oil and other ‘fossil’ fuels are just that—finite
fossils that took a long time to form millions of
years ago. As a result, there is only so much
valuable oil we can extract from identified
reserves.
High Energy Potential

5. Some level of geothermal energy is available
in most places. There is potential for
geothermal development throughout the
United States, and the process is highly
scalable.
Scalable Production

6. The base load forms the primary bulk of
demand for a grid’s electricity. A reliable and
constant supply of power is required to meet
this demand.
Base Load Stability

7. A geothermal system is an excellent way to
substantially reduce a building’s carbon
footprint.While geothermal energy is not
entirely carbon-free, it releases a fraction as
much co2 into the atmosphere as fossil fuels.
Light on Carbon

8. Low-Maintenance Versatility
Geothermal energy can replace both heating
and cooling systems in buildings—and do
both jobs more efficiently than conventional
air-cooled systems.

9. Geothermal energy has the smallest land
footprint of any major power source. It
doesn’t require much additional real estate—
a boon in dense urban zones.
Smart Land Use

10. The uncapped energy potential of
hydrothermal reservoirs means there will
never be anything like ‘peak geothermal.’
This has serious implications for job creation
and the strength of the green economy.
Green Economy

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