Water is pumped underground where it is heated by the earth's heat, producing steam that spins turbines at the surface to generate electricity. Geothermal power plants have an average cost of $10.5 million to build but produce electricity at a cost of 4.5 to 7.3 cents per kilowatt-hour while releasing less than 1% of the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plants. However, geothermal energy is not widely used and building new plants takes a long time.

2.  Water is pumped down into the ground and then
heated by the earth’s heat. After heated the steam
comes back up to the surface.
 At the surface the stem makes the turbine spin
around to make electricity.

3.  The average cost of a geothermal is about
$10.5 million.
 New facilities can produce
electricity from geothermal
energy for between 4.5 and 7.3
cents per kilowatt-hour.

4.  Geothermal power plants do not burn fuel to
generate electricity so they release less than
1% of the carbon dioxide emissions of a fossil
fuel plant.
Geothermal plant. A fossil fuel plant.

5.  Geothermal energy is slightly more than
fossil fuel energy as not as many people are
using it.
 Building a plant takes a long time.
 England is not on a plate boundary.

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