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Geothermal Energy Will Help Power Anaheim, CA within 1 year

ecolocalizer.com — After six years of research, Raser Technologies will deliver geothermal energy to the city of Anaheim, California. The geothermal generator, which is located in Beaver County, Utah, will produce 10 megawatts of energy (enough to power 9,000 homes). It should be completed in about 12 months.

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  • PoliticalMan922, on 07/13/2008, -0/+17The use of geothermal energy is remarkable. Why more people don't use it is beyond me. Get off oil!
  • MacBookForMe, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6A very good start in sunny California):
  • life38, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8Look to the technology to come out of Iceland and Greenland
    • bmson, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Greenland is a beautiful country and all, but what technology comes from Greenland?
      Greenland is really poor fishing nation owned by Denmark and all there resource comes from Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • str1fe, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8What? Nine thousand?
  • SIRBERUS, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Wow... first time my city has been on Digg. I feel honored.

    But I'm a bit confused... Anaheim is a pretty huge city... I would think larger than 9,000 homes. I definitely wonder what this will do to the price of energy.
    • Chakat, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Anaheim gets power from a large number of sources. They also get a lot of wind and hydro power as well. It's been a few years since I've lived in the city, but IIRC, one of the parts of the power bill has a breakdown of where the city gets its power from.

      Also, this seems to be an experimental project. Sink one geothermal well now, see how it handles in the real world, then build more. Furthermore, 9000 homes is about 10% of the total number of homes in anaheim, so it's not exactly a small number.
    • biotch, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1probably not much,
      Energy will always cost whatever energy companies can get away with charging until you produce your own with solar panels or something of the like.
      The real benefit is that less energy is being produced by oil which sends money directly to the middle east.
  • madpuppy, on 07/14/2008, -5/+1thank god it is built UTAH, don't want one of those "power generators" ruining Californians pristine view. blah.......
  • chrisduser, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2After seeing the double slit video, observing the heat by using it to generate power could have untold effects.
  • SillyDigger, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1Will there by any negative effects on the environment from this?
  • damian7, on 07/14/2008, -1/+0"Anaheim’s new energy source will put it on the fast track to reaching 20 percent of its total energy needs through renewable energy by 2012."

    Ok, so it will take another four years till we can build a plant on 640 acres of land all for a plant which will power 20% of Anaheim or 9000 homes.

    I think we'd need an area of land the size of Texas filled with hundreds (maybe thousands) of these plants in order to supply the United States with enough energy.

    Or we could build one new nuclear plant and one large transmutation plant which could easily power a few states or more and only take up half that area, or even less.
  • Pinkertinkle, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Powering 9000 homes is like peeing in the ocean. Ain't gonna turn yellow anytime soon.
    • sirgolf82, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Dugg for the visual, and bonus points for having 'tinkle' in your name.
    • laguano, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Then we better get started!
    • sardion2000, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1As stated above 9000 homes is roughly 10 % of the homes in Anaheim.
  • paOol, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3does this include disneyland?
  • Dumbledorito, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1I saw this in that one documentary... what was it... "Volcano?" I think Tommy Lee Jones narrated it or something.
  • cadmiumpaint, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Is it actually going to 9000 homes, or just getting directly piped into Disneyland?
  • funkyjunk3, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6Geothermal is also one of the few *always on* sustainable energy sources out there. It runs when there's no wind, it runs at night, it runs in the rain, its a very reliable source. And referring back to the forbes.com maps that were on digg not too long ago, its very abundant in the Western US.

    Make one check payable to geothermal research to the tune of 300 million Uncle Sam, please.
  • styphoto, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1Have any of you boys been to Beaver? Going down on I-15, the town right before it is called Fillmore...

    So my point is this...for the people in Anaheim to get turned on they're prospecting to get some heat generated in the "Fillmore/Beaver" area, and considering the predominance of Mormanism in the surrounding areas, I'd say that it's a tease...it's not going to deliver...move on...see you're thinking that because you get a little sample of "just the tip" and you think it's all cozy and warm now, that you will get that hotness forever, but fast forward a few years and as you stare out of the windshield of your big Suburban burning lots of oil because your burgeoning family has needs too, and then you look over at your now very cold Mormon wife, you'll find that you were the sucker. YOU were the sucker my friend from Anaheim.
  • BradMajors, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1A plant in Utah is obviously not going to be supplying power to Anaheim. The plant will be supplying power to Utah. There is some kind of virtual swapping going on.


  • madpuppy, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0aww, the truth stings........
  • gavinhudson, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Does this mean a clean energy Disneyland?
  • redtangential, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=nuclear+power+en ...

    Nuclear Power, Energy and the Environment
    by Peter E. Hodgson

    is one of the best books I have read so far on the energy needs of the 21st century.
  • QubitTarutaru, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Woah! That's where I live (CA)... It says it can only power 9,000, but I'm sure it will power... OVER 9,000!!!
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