GERMAN GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY RISING SAY LATEST STATISTICS

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMANY'S capacity to produce electricity from geothermal sources has surged ahead over the past two years the latest comparative statistics on this key renewable technology has shown. German geothermal power production capacity has risen from 0.2MWe to 8.4MWe between 2005 and this year. Overall European Union (EU) capacity rose from 854.6MWe in 2006 to 862.8MWe this year, said an EU geothermal energy barometer report.

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