By Marice Richter
Green Right Now
Anaheim, Ca., will become a leader in renewable energy when geothermal power operations begin as soon as this week.
Anaheim Public Utilities has teamed with Raser Technologies, a producer of geothermal power, to purchase 11 megawatts of geothermal power, enough electricity to supply about 10,000 homes in Anaheim, a city of about 345,000 residents.
The power will be transmitted to Anaheim from a new power plant in the south central desert of Utah. The plant, the first of its type, allows the electricity to be generated using steam from low to medium heat that is then mixed with a liquid substance. One the substance reaches a boiling point and converts to steam, it is channeled through a turbine to generate the power.
