Geothermal Showcase, Finance Workshop, and Small Power Workshop Announced by Leading Industry Group

March 16, 2009
Washington, DC -- The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) announces three important geothermal events for 2009. GEA's events will showcase geothermal projects to the energy community in Washington DC, bring developers together with financiers in Seattle, and promote small power and direct use geothermal growth in the U.S. in Oregon, respectively.
May 6, 2009, Geothermal Showcase, Newseum, Washington, DC - If you can't visit geothermal projects under development in the West, come to the Newseum and let us take you there.  Taking place in Washington, DC on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, GEA along with Gold Level Sponsors Ormat, UTC Power, and Enel North America will be hosting a Geothermal Energy Project Showcase at the Newseum.  Catering to the DC energy, policy, and technology community, leading geothermal companies will present video footage of geothermal power projects taking place in the U.S. and internationally.  As part of this half-day event, top experts will discuss the potential impact geothermal development can have on our energy needs by implementing experimental technologies, hydrothermal, co-production, EGS, small power, and geothermal heating and cooling. June 3, 2009, Geothermal Finance, Technology, and Development Workshop in Seattle, WA -- This will be the fourth in a sell-out series of workshops for anyone interested in financing or development of geothermal power.  On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, GEA along with Gold Level Sponsors Ormat and UTC Power will hold a Geothermal Finance, Technology, and Development Workshop in Seattle, WA. This event will be held in cooperation with the Mayor of Seattle’s office at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. The day-long workshop will include a U.S. Geothermal update, panels on project development, technology, finance, community/environmental issues, tribal and power company perspectives, and keynote presentations by the Mayor of Seattle, Greg Nickels, and other notable speakers.
August 12, 2009, Small Power and Direct Use Workshop, Klamath Falls, Oregon -- Distributed generation and commercial and industrial uses of geothermal energy are both exciting new growth areas to be explored. This workshop will take place on a campus soon to be heated and powered entirely by geothermal energy!  In August of 2009, GEA in cooperation with the GeoHeat Center at the Oregon Institute of Technology and Gold Level Sponsor UTC Power will host a geothermal direct use and small power workshop in Klamath Falls, Oregon. This all-day workshop (with OR geothermal site tour the following day) will include the how-to's of financing a small power use project, discussion on state-of-the-art advancements for direct use technology for building and commercial uses, presentations on small projects and direct use projects today, information about drilling and exploration for such projects, and more.
 For more information, including sponsorship and registration materials, please go to www.geo-energy.org, or contact Kathy Kent at GEA by emailing kathy@geo-energy.org.

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