"Geothermal Power - Global Market Size, Technology Analysis, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2020" is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information and understanding of the global geothermal power market. The research provides an understanding of the technology, key drivers and challenges in the global geothermal power market. It also provides historical and forecast data to 2020 for installed capacity and power generation. The report provides detailed cost analysis for geothermal power and market segmentation by technology type globally and in major countries. The report analyses geothermal power initiatives with policy framework in key countries such as the US, Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Italy and Iceland. The research provides major geothermal fields (active and upcoming) and analysis on key stakeholders in major markets. http://www.fastmr.com/prod/321065_geothermal_power_global_market_size_technology.aspx
Geothermal power is nice, but not every region is as endowed with geothermal energy as Iceland. Also, geothermal power is not always entirely renewable. After enough use after several decades, geothermal fields can become depleted.
the shallow thermal power used in places like Iceland and NZ is not the only type of geothermal power. There is also Hot Dry Rock geothermal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_geothermal_system Which is not yet really at a commercial stage - but may be promising for the future Geothermal resources span a wide range of heat sources from the Earth, including not only the more easily developed, currently economic hydrothermal resources; but also the Earths deeper, stored thermal energy, which is present anywhere. Based on growing markets in the United States for clean, base-load capacity,the panel thinks that with acombined public/private investment of about $800 million to $1 billion over a 15-year period, EGS technology could be deployed commercially on a timescale that would produce more than 100,000 MWeor 100 GWe of new capacity by 2050. This amount is approximately equivalent to the total R&D investment made in the past 30 years to EGS internationally, which is still less than the cost of a single, new-generation, clean-coal power plant. http://geothermal.inel.gov/publications/future_of_geothermal_energy.pdf
Nuclear facility might see use as geothermal plant... Nuclear facility might see use as geothermal plant Tue, Nov 07, 2017 - NUCLEAR ISSUE: The minister said Taipower has proposed to transport nuclear waste stored on Orchid Island back to the nuclear plants or to choose a site for centralized storage
