Thursday, 11 June 2009
A 2009 report suggested that more than 17,000 jobs could be created in the geothermal energy industry by 2050.
The geothermal industry, which involves extracting heat stored in the earth to generate power, is growing in Australia with almost 400 tenements for projects and around $1.5 billion in projects under way.
In 2009 WWF and the Australian Geothermal Energy Association released a report, Power to Change: Australia's Geothermal Future. The
full report
can be downloaded from the
WWF's website
.
Tags
- Groups
- Geothermal Centre of Excellence