{"id":1583,"date":"2005-09-04T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-04T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/09\/04\/take-a-virtual-tour-of-a-geothermal-power-plant\/"},"modified":"2005-09-04T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-04T14:18:00","slug":"take-a-virtual-tour-of-a-geothermal-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/take-a-virtual-tour-of-a-geothermal-power-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Virtual Tour of a Geothermal Power Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
Curt at Alternative Energy~Renewable Energy made a great find<\/a> in this virtual tour of a CalEnergy geothermal power plant<\/a>. Several short videos (which require Windows Media Player or QuickTime) illustrate the process the plant uses to extract “superheated fluids” from the earth’s core in order to create a heat source for producing electricity. The plant also becomes a model of industrial ecology as zinc is extracted from the water, and processed into bars using power produced within the plant itself.<\/p>\n I must admit that I’m new to the use of geothermal energy on this scale — I’ve known about small-scale use of the earth’s heat for powering individual homes and businesses for some time, but didn’t realize large-scale plants were being built and\/or used. If anyone has more information, pass it along…<\/p>\n Categories: renewable<\/a>, energy<\/a>, geothermal<\/a>, video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Curt at Alternative Energy~Renewable Energy made a great find in this virtual tour of a CalEnergy geothermal power plant. Several short videos (which require Windows Media Player or QuickTime) illustrate [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n