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how does a geothermal power station work?

Question by Midzy: how does a geothermal power station work?
is the power converted into wind energy? :s but how?
i mean how does this thing provide electrical power to houses and all..
does it use steam to spin the turbine?

Best answer:

Answer by ammassridhar
Geothermal power (from the Greek words geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat) is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface or the collection of absorbed heat in the atmosphere and oceans.

Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy.

The largest group of geothermal power plants in the world is located in The Geysers, a geothermal field in California. As of 2007, geothermal power supplies less than 1% of the world’s energy.

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