California is the largest geothermal power producer in the United States with more than 2,500 MW of currently installed geothermal power capacity, enough to power 2,5 million US homes.California has 43 operational geothermal power plants, most of them are being located at Geysers, area near the San Francisco with 37 geothermal projects in development which could amount to up to 1997.7 MW, enough to power an additional 2 million homes in California.
Geothermal energy currently accounts for around 5% of state's electricity.
Geothermal energy is currently harnessed in 24 countries in the world, California currently has more geothermal power on-line than any of the 23 other countries with geothermal power.
The US Department of Energy awarded $47.4 million to 22 geothermal projects in California to produce even more geothermal power.
California is currently second ranked US state in number of new geothermal energy projects (with 37), behind Nevada's 64 projects under development with the potential for nearly 3,500 MW of new geothermal capacity.
The Geysers, a complex of 22 geothermal power plants 72 miles north of San Francisco has 1517 MW of active installed geothermal power capacity.
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