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Geothermal energy refers to the production of energy using the internal heat of the Earth’s crust.
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It’s one of the most exciting renewable technologies around – and yet, do you really know how solar energy is captured, stored and converted? Get up to speed on photovoltaics and solar thermal with this short explainer video.

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Explore what would happen if we covered the Sahara Desert in solar panels, and the possibility of it solving our energy crisis.

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Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometers and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22 million terawatt hours of energy from the Sun every year. That’s well over 100 times more energy than humanity consumes annually. So, could covering the desert with solar panels solve our energy problems? Dan Kwartler digs into the possibility.

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A lot speaks for solar energy. It’s clean, renewable – and now even cheaper than energy from fossil fuels like coal or natural gas. Sounds pretty great, right? But it only makes up a tiny bit of global electricity production. Why don’t we use a lot more of it yet?

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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=1977..latest&region=World

Solar and wind in global electricity production:
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The duck curve:
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https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/confronting-duck-curve-how-address-over-generation-solar-energy

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While some renewable energy sources — like the sun, the wind, and water — can easily be seen and/or felt, geothermal (or simply “thermal”) energy comes from a more enigmatic source: the heat far below the Earth’s crust. For more than 100 years, steam from below the Earth’s surface has been used to generate power. From electricity generated through geothermal power plants to district energy systems that heat and cool buildings using an underground network of pipes, this alternative energy source has big potential. Now that’s deep! Check out this video to learn more about how geothermal energy works.

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If you’ve ever observed an erupting volcano or the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, you’ve seen geothermal energy in action.

The Earth’s crust is made of rocks and water. Deep below that is a layer of hot, molten rock called “magma,” which is even hotter than the sun’s surface. The heat just over six miles below the surface contains 50,000 times more energy than all the oil and natural gas resources in the world.

Releasing a small amount of that heat in the right way can create electricity. A well drilled a couple of miles deep can capture the rising hot water and steam. That steam spins a turbine and a generator produces electricity.

Geothermal is one of the least explored sources of renewable energy in the U.S., and most of us probably don’t spend much time thinking about it. But since it’s a pollution-free renewable source of energy that’s consistently reliable — at least it has been for the past 4.5 billion years — maybe we should!

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