Tham khảo tài liệu 'earth sciences - notable research and discoveries part 7', khoa học tự nhiên, địa lý phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 124 EARTH SCIENCES 1890s Boise Idaho develops the first geothermal district heating system in which water from hot springs is piped into some of the city s buildings. 1904 Working in Larderello in central Italy the Italian chemist and inventor Piero Ginori Conti 1865 1939 builds the first electric generator running from geothermal power. 1930 Iceland begins the widespread use of geothermal energy to heat buildings. 1960 Pacific Gas and Electric Company opens the first geothermal power station in the United States at The Geysers in California. 1970s The . DOE initiates a series of geothermal research projects in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico and establishes a testing facility at Fenton Hill New Mexico. 1980s Geothermal power stations appear in Hawaii Nevada and Utah. 2006 An interdisciplinary panel of scientists and engineers organized by MIT issues a report The Future of Geothermal Energy which recommends investment in enhanced geothermal systems. Bruce D. Green and R. Gerald Nix of NREL issue a report proposing research on geothermal systems based on the findings of a workshop in Golden Colorado on May 16 2006. 2008 An Australian company Geodynamics Ltd. completes drilling a well at Cooper Basin in South Australia and begins development of a geothermal power station using hot fractured rock technology. Geothermal Energy a Furnace beneath the Soil 125 FURTHER RESOURCES Print and Internet Boyle Godfrey ed. Renewable Energy 2nd ed. Oxford Oxford University Press 2004. After an initial chapter introducing renewable energy the book describes solar energy and technologies energy from biological sources hydroelectricity tidal energy wind energy wave energy and geothermal energy. California Energy Commission. Geothermal Energy. Available online. URL http story . Accessed May 4 2009. California generates more electricity from geothermal energy than any other state. This Web page which is one of the chapters in the California .
