Nevada geothermal energy statistics

Nevada is currently the second largest geothermal energy producer in United States, behind California, with the capacity of around 450 MW at the end of 2009.

Nevada is ranked first in the nation in installed geothermal energy capacity on a per-person basis.

Nevada currently has 86 planned or developing geothermal power stations (the largest number in the US) which should add up to 3.68 gigawatts to the state’s energy production within the next decade.

Fourteen geothermal power plants are at this moment in latter stages of development in the state, and these projects alone would create close to 1500 green jobs in Nevada.

Nevada has generated around $44 million from Bureau of Land Management geothermal leasing activities.

Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) predicts that Nevada's geothermal industry worth would be up to $22.5 billion over the next 30 years.

Nevada currently has more than 630,000 acres of BLM land leased to geothermal developers.

In 2009 Nevada had 19 operational geothermal power plants.

It is expected that 1,500 megawatts of geothermal power could be produced in Nevada by 2015.

US geothermal energy statistics

US is global geothermal energy leader with an installed geothermal capacity of 3,086 megawatts (MW) in 2010.

Geothermal energy is the fourth most important renewable energy source in the United States (behind hydropower, biomass and wind power) accounting for around 4% of renewable energy-based electricity consumption in the U.S.

United States generates around 15 billion kilowatt hours of geothermal power per year, which makes around 30% of the world's total.

US currently has 77 geothermal power plant, most of which are located in California (43).

California is the leading US state in installed geothermal power capacity with a total output bigger than 2500 MW.

The most active geothermal energy area in United States is the Geysers, California. The Geysers is large geothermal facility consisting of 22 geothermal power plants (dry steam), with total capacity bigger than 1500 MW.

An average geothermal power plant in United States emits around 122 kg of CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity.

Average geothermal power plant in United States needs approximately 20 litres of freshwater per MWh, and 3.5 square kilometres per gigawatt of electrical production.

Operational and maintenance costs of geothermal power plants in United States are $0.01 - $0.03 per kWh.

Geothermal power plants in United States have installation costs of around $2500 per installed kW.

More than 90 percent of US geothermal resources are found on federal lands.

Top three geothermal energy producers in United States are California, Nevada and Utah.

US installs more than 50,000 geothermal heat pumps each year.

Geothermal energy currently satisfies around 20% of Hawaii's power demand.

US geothermal energy sector has experienced growth of 26% in 2009.

California geothermal energy statistics

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.