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50,000 MW Geothermal Goal Set By Senate Bill
May 13th, 2015 by Jake Richardson
50 000 MW Geothermal Goal Set By Senate Bill
Wahoo, 100% clean and up 100% of the time! Good stuff and news...Wyden just earned my vote.
May 13th, 2015 by Jake Richardson
50 000 MW Geothermal Goal Set By Senate Bill
A bill introduced by Montana Senator Jon Tester would set a goal of 50,000 MW of geothermal energy by 2025. (Oregon Senator Ron Wyden co-sponsored it.)
“Montana’s public lands contain some of the best renewable energy sources in the world, and we should be leading the nation to increase our energy independence and reduce the amount of carbon we put into the atmosphere. Developing Montana’s geothermal resources will expand our energy portfolio and create good-paying jobs that can’t be outsourced,” explained Tester said in a statement.
The bill would also make it easier for oil and gas developers to produce geothermal energy because they would not have to compete for leases in the conventional manner.
Currently, the BLM has well over 800 geothermal leases but only 59 have the status of currently producing, totaling about 1500 MW of geothermal capacity on public lands, with about 1.5 million homes receiving electricity from them.
Wahoo, 100% clean and up 100% of the time! Good stuff and news...Wyden just earned my vote.