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June 23, 2008

Feds gear up for geothermal energy

  • Meetings will be held next month in 11 Western states and Alaska to get public comment on a new EIS that will open millions of acres to companies aiming to tap geothermal energy.
    • By JOHN MILLER
    Associated Press Writer

    BOISE, Idaho — Geothermal energy prospectors' plans to develop vast swaths of federal land in the West are due for a boost, part of Congress' effort to help feed the region's rapacious appetite for energy.

    The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service plan 13 meetings next month in 11 Western states and Alaska to gather public comment on a newly released environmental impact statement that, when completed, will open millions of acres to companies aiming to tap naturally superheated subterranean steam and water to power turbines or warm buildings.


     
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