
Can Geothermal Scale?
@Adjoapapabi
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<p>Back in 2008, there was a lot of excitement about geothermal. Many major banks were backing large-scale geothermal projects around the world; a wide range of startups were promising to unlock new resources; and wind and solar hadn’t shown their explosive growth yet. </p><p>But then the financial crisis hit. In the decade since, growth in geothermal has been lumpy — relegated to a handful of supportive markets around the world. </p><p>Why has geothermal grown so slowly compared to other renewables? What’s holding it back?</p><p>This week, we’re joined by Alexander Richter, the founder of the geothermal news site <a href="http://thinkgeoenergy.com/" target="_blank">ThinkGeoEnergy</a>. Alex has experience in project finance, research and journalism. We’ll talk with him about the last decade of geothermal development.</p><p>Then, in the second half of the show, we discuss the Green New Deal. </p><p>There’s a movement within the Democratic Party to push climate hard. What’s behind it? How would the New Green Deal work? (For a compliment to this discussion, check out <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/political-climate/id1371456031?mt=2" target="_blank">the latest episode</a> of Political Climate.)</p><p>The Energy Gang<em> is brought to you by GE's Reservoir, a modular lithium-ion energy storage system that can slash construction costs by 50 percent. Find out more about </em><a href="http://ge.com/energystorage" target="_blank"><em>what Reservoir can do</em></a><em> for your electric grid, solar plant, wind farm, microgrid or thermal power plant.</em></p><p><em>We’re giving listeners major discounts this fall. Use the promo code PODCAST to get a $50 discount for a GTM Squared membership and 20% off our final GTM conferences of the season.</em></p><p><em>Get your GTM conference discount </em><a href="https://www.greentechmedia.com/events" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><em>Get your GTM Squared discounted membership </em><a href="http