Celebration of Geothermal with YOU at the center!
Goals of World Geothermal Energy Day... a cause to champion.
- to recognize those who advance geothermal technology
- to highlight the educators in the geothermal industry
- to honor those who devoted their careers to build the foundation of the geothermal industry
- to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning and education
- to recognize the valuable role of women and minorities in geothermal energy
- to encourage that geothermal energy be used for atmospheric carbon reduction
- to encourage that geothermal power be used for grid reliability and resiliency
- to celebrate its positive impact on the economy, culture and society
- to support United Nations Sustainability goals around the world
- to recognize geothermal reliability that is independent of fuel deliveries in adverse weather conditions.
Please let us know if you can think of some more reasons to celebrate.
Blending the Visionary and the Historic
We are thrilled to share with you the launch of World Geothermal Energy Day, an ambitious expansion, reimagination, and rejuvenation of the understanding of the transformative benefits of earth-based, renewable energy. Through the web site www.WorldGeothermalEnergyDay.org, we embark on a sweeping reimagination of what a celebration of geothermal must be; an event commensurate with the immensity of the positive impact that geothermal resources bring us today and on into the near and distant future. This single day event plans to highlight stunning new facts, wondrous new technologies, surprising positive outcomes, inspirational people, enriched networking experiences, and much more.
Highlighting Innovation
As the industry continues its legacy of innovation, World Geothermal Energy Day will remain an annual touchstone project and a world apart filled with memorable moments and educational experiences. Our organizing web site, www.WorldGeothermalEnergyDay.org will remain operational year round, open and ready to be explored and enjoyed by teachers, practitioners and friends of geothermal energy.
Share the Passion for Geothermal Energy
For geothermal energy advocates and leaders, World Geothermal Energy Day is an opportunity for both the technical geothermal community and their business development peers to share in their mutual passion while preserving and promoting relationships, traditions and shared memories. Swing open the doors (both virtually and physically) and have some fun while also educating those who attend.
Geothermal is a reliable and renewable energy supply.
Geothermal energy originates from the heat retained within the Earth since the original formation of the planet from radioactive decay of minerals and from solar energy absorbed at the surface. This makes geothermal energy both a dependable and resilient resource as well as an environmentally friendly zero-carbon emitter. We celebrate these characteristics on World Geothermal Energy Day.
The Heat Beneath Your Feet
We are helping to unify the spectrum of geothermal resources to fulfill the global demand for renewable, clean energy. We do this by message outreach on all social media channels using the indexing hashtag #WorldGeothermalEnergyDay.
Come Join Us
We are honored to launch, enhance and steward appreciation for one of the world’s most important, most environmentally friendly energy sources; earth-based, renewable geothermal energy and we invite you to learn more about "geothermal reimagined" along the way.
News You Can Use
Top 10 Geothermal Countries
Overview of "Top 10 Geothermal Countries" based on power generation capacity. Total global capacity now stands at 15,973 MW.
Celebrate Geothermal Energy
The Next Gen Geothermal Advantage
The flow of history is accelerated when two rivers converge. New geothermal technology continues to come out that improves the energy production process, which makes it a more attractive option as the years go by. Newly patented proprietary technology will disrupt the geothermal energy industry making cleaner energy more abundant, affordable, and available to all.
Raising Awareness
World Geothermal Energy Day aims to raise awareness of the many positive contributions that geothermal systems make to our society. World Geothermal Energy Day celebrates the people that design, build, operate and support the broad range of technologies from large power systems, heat pump systems, on down to tiny micro-thermal.
A Team of Industry Leaders
This event has been established by an organizing committee of industry leaders from the geothermal community (see web site www.WorldGeothermalEnergyDay.org) to bring participants closer to exemplary geothermal projects demonstrating a good educational and community outreach effort.
The Internet Brings us All Together
Connecting with one another and sharing expertise is critical for everyone working in the geothermal market. World Geothermal Energy Day helps keep these connections alive not only on this one special day but also provides the impetus for enthusiasm all year round. We are building our future together, on local and global scales; different people and places united in a drive for vibrant communities and geothermal advocates. The internet, the world wide web, social media and the newest video conference technologies bring us together in ways not possible even a few short years ago.
Social Media Outreach
The website, www.WorldGeothermalEnergyDay.org will maintain information about this global project and tip off those wishing to organize events. Individual open day organizers are encouraged to check back for event details. Open day organizers can download a range of promotional collateral from the website including press releases for local media, tweetables, flyers and online banners. Event and brand logos will be made available via the main website http://worldgeothermalenergyday.org
The hashtag #WorldGeothermalEnergyDay is used to tie in activity across different social media platforms.
Join Us for World Geothermal Energy Day
We invite you to learn more about this exciting new chapter in geothermal education and all its connective elements, from a new web site, to centralized virtual events, to a history-making celebration of people, technology and innovation. We strive to make World Geothermal Energy Day one of our most prized annual events, to include tours of facilities brought to life by geothermal energy including power facilities, desalinization plants, botanic gardens, edgy restaurants, schools, universities, medical facilities, and more, all opening on October 17, each year.
International Chain Reaction Outreach for World Geothermal Energy Day in Multiple Languages
Happy world geothermal energy day!
¡Feliz día mundial de la energía geotérmica!
Alles Gute zum Welttag der Geothermie!
Selamat hari energi panas bumi sedunia!
世界地热能源日快乐！
Buona giornata mondiale della geotermia!
幸せな世界の地熱エネルギーの日！
Fericită zi mondială a energiei geotermale!
Hamingjusamur alþjóðlegur jarðhitadagur!
Dünya jeotermal enerji gününüz kutlu olsun!
Glad världens geotermiska energidag!
Felices mundi geothermal energiae dies!
يوم عالمي سعيد للطاقة الحرارية الأرضية!
Boldog geotermikus energia világnapot!
La mulți ani de Ziua Mondială a Energiei Geotermale!
Lá fuinneamh geoiteirmeach sona duit!
Fijne wereld aardwarmte dag!
विश्व भूतापीय ऊर्जा दिवस की शुभकामनाएं!
Uniting the Spectrum of Geothermal Resources
High Temperature
Medium Temperature
Medium Temperature
High-temperature Geothermal
A geothermal resource requires three things to generate electricity:
Fluid- sufficient fluid must exist in fractures and pore space within the rocks.
Heat- the rocks must be hot. Heat within the Earth's crust is generated from radioactive decay of minerals and continual heat loss from when the Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago. Though the rocks need to be hot, the rocks are cool and brittle, relative to the more recognizable magma or lava.
Permeability- fluids must come into contact with the heated rock via fractures and pore spaces. Through these voids the fluids can circulate through the rocks, heat up, and come to the surface for electricity production.
Medium Temperature
Medium Temperature
Medium Temperature
Medium-temperature Geothermal
Geothermal reservoirs of low-to moderate-temperature water — 68°F to 302°F (20°C to 150°C) — provide direct heat for residential, industrial, and commercial uses. This resource is used globally to heat homes and offices, commercial greenhouses, fish farms, food processing facilities, gold mining operations, and a variety of other applications. In addition, spent fluids from geothermal electric plants can be subsequently used for direct use applications in so-called "cascaded" operation.
Low Temperature
Medium Temperature
Low Temperature
Low-temperature Geothermal
The geothermal heat pump, also known as the ground source heat pump, is a highly efficient renewable energy technology that is gaining wide acceptance for both residential and commercial buildings. Geothermal heat pumps are used for space heating and cooling, as well as water heating. The benefit of ground source heat pumps is they concentrate naturally existing heat, rather than by producing heat through the combustion of fossil fuels.