Group: sci.energy.hydrogen
From: Dan Bloomquist
Date: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Nuclear energy is the best way to produce the bulk of our electricity!

Arnold Walker wrote:
> "daestrom" wrote in message
>>
> Might check Steamboat Springs ,Neveda for what they are using. Ammonia
> instead of R134 in the desert there.
> Also out of hot springs ....with plans for thermal solar and wind on the
> hillsides. oNly doing 64Mw of power at this time running just geothermal.

From what I could see, Steamboat Springs uses flash technology for the
most part. All geothermal adds up to on third of one quad. This is not
Iceland. At that:

In 2006, % of electricity generation in Iceland came from
geothermal energy, % from hydro power.

But they have so much of it that domestic heating is a cake walk for them.