Quick Geothermal Power History
By the end of the 19th Century, Prince Piero Conti conceived an idea to harness the natural steam of the Larderello geothermal field in Italy to produce electric energy. He started to conduct technical experiments in 1903, and a year later, the first geothermal-electric energy was produced that lighted five lamps of 5-watts.
In 1913, Conti put in commercial operation a power plant of 250 kW fed by pure steam, and in 1916 two power units of 3.5 MW each. This is how geothermal power production was born.
IGA ‘Geothermal Quick guide’ Brochure
(pdf, 4 MB)
Our Geothermal Legacy
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Something special for each letter
- AAvailable
- BBaseload
- CCozy
- DDomestic
- EEconomical
- FFriendly
- GGenuine
- HHomemade
- IIndependent
- JJoyous
- KKnown
- LLocal
- MMajestic
- NNatural
- OObservable
- PParamount
- QQualified
- RReliable
- SSafe
- TTerrestrial
- UUniversal
- VValuable
- WWondrous
- XXenial
- YYoung
- ZZero CO2