Costing about 4 to 7 cents a kilowatt-hour, Taylor said, geothermal is competitive with wind power and significantly cheaper than solar. Geothermal facilities occupy a fraction of the space required by wind and solar farms. The energy is also more reliable. Plants crank electricity around the clock.
From The Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Perhaps the most dramatic change in Northview, Homewood North and Arlington Heights will be the drilling of 5-inch-wide geothermal wells near every building, and installation of heating and cooling systems that use them.
In the summer, heat pumps will transfer the warmth from the air into water, which will then flow through [...]
If you are building a new home, or revamping your current heating need, a geothermal heat pump should at least garner research:
“This is a heating system, a cooling system in the summertime and it also provides our hot water as well, so it’s an all in one unit,” said John Sherrick, who uses a geothermal [...]
The government report for leasing land in the western states for geothermal energy is a good tool for insomniacs to find peace, but fortunately for folks like me with short attention spans there is an executive summary (PDF).
There are three proposals in the final environmental impact study.
Do Nothing
Open 117 million (pinky to mouth when you [...]